OSAKA, Japan, April 13 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Premier
Wen Jiabao concluded his official visit to Japan on Friday when he departed
Osaka for Beijing.
During the three-day visit, Wen met with Japanese
Emperor Akihito and held talks with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
The two sides also signed a joint press communique,
in which the content of the strategic, mutually beneficial relationship between
the two countries has been made clear and a series of measures to promote
cooperation in all areas have been introduced.
Wen delivered a speech on Sino-Japanese friendship
and cooperation to the Japanese parliament.
The Chinese premier also held talks with leaders of
the parliament and political parties, and made extensive exchanges with common
Japanese people.
Wen arrived in Tokyo on Wednesday from an official
visit to South Korea. This has been the first time a Chinese premier visited the
two countries in seven years.
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao (L) and his
Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe attend the opening ceremony of the
China-Japan Culture and Sports Exchange Year in Tokyo, April 12, 2007.
(Xinhua Photo) Photo
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TOKYO, April 12 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao and
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe agreed Thursday to push forward cultural
exchanges, which serve as bonds linking the two countries.
Addressing the opening ceremony of the China-Japan
Culture and Sports Exchange Year, Wen said that economy and culture have been
the two bonds linking China and Japan in their friendly exchanges over the past
more than 2,000 years.
He described culture as the language of the soul and
art as the carrier of the people's feeling, saying that "culture and art can
bridge the souls of the peoples." Full story
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao (L) and his
Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe attend the establishment of a mechanism of
high-level economic dialogue, in Tokyo, capital of Japan on April 12,
2007. (Xinhua Photo/Fan Rujun) Photo
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TOKYO, April 12 (Xinhua) -- China and Japan
jointly launched a high-level economic dialogue mechanism here on Thursday to
further promote economic and trade ties between the two countries.
The first meeting of the economic dialogue mechanism
is expected to be held this year in Beijing.
Strengthening economic cooperation is a major
component of the Sino-Japanese strategic, mutually beneficial relationship, said
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, who co-chaired the launching ceremony of the
mechanism with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. Full story
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