REGIONAL PEACE

On regional issues, analysts believe China and the ROK share many similarities.

"The two sides will exchange views on maintaining peace and stability on the Korean Peninsula during the upcoming visit," said Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Liu Zhenmin at a press briefing on Xi's visit on Tuesday.

The Northeast Asia situation is relevant to the immediate interests of China and the ROK. The Korean Peninsula situation is currently quite stable, but some unstable factors still exist, said Zhang Tingyan, former Chinese ambassador to the ROK.

The two countries should enhance communication and cooperation, commit themselves to safeguarding peace and stability of the Korean Peninsula, to realize denuclearization of the peninsula, Zhang said.

According to Qu Xing, the issue will be an inevitable topic during Xi's visit.

"The visit will help send positive signals for efforts to bring the denuclearization of the peninsula under discussion within the six-party talks framework," Qu said.

As for Japan, Qu pointed out that China and the ROK are among the countries which suffered most from Japanese aggression in the past.

"Both China and the ROK are pressing Japan to correctly understand its historical issues and keep on high alert against its right-leaning trail," Qu said.