Special
report: Premier Wen visits ROK,
Japan
BEIJING, April 13 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Premier
Wen Jiabao's visit to South Korea and Japan is a great success in strengthening
mutually beneficial cooperation and promoting the economic and trade ties
between China and the two countries, Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing said Friday.
Wen paid an official visit to South Korea and Japan
from April 10 to 13. This is the first time a Chinese premier has visited the
two countries in seven years.
Economic and trade cooperation is an important
component of developing an all-round partnership of cooperation with South Korea
and a mutually beneficial strategic relationship with Japan, for both nations
are China's important trading and investment partners, Li told Chinese
reporters.
During his talks with leaders and entrepreneurs of
both countries, Wen put forward proposals to further develop the bilateral
economic and trade cooperation, underlining the focus on areas like energy
saving, environmental protection, telecommunication and high-tech.
Wen also elaborated on China's policies concerning
the enterprise income tax, intellectual property rights protection and
investment environment.
Wen's proposals have drawn positive responses from
both countries, Li said, adding that Wen's introductions on China's policies,
which were regarded by both countries' entrepreneurs as fair and reasonable,
helped enhance mutual understanding.
During his two-day visit to South Korea, Wen called
for an active implementation of a development layout of medium- and long-term
economic and trade cooperation, and an early signing of an investment protection
agreement between the two countries, according to Li.
Wen also said the two sides should push forward the
joint study of building a free trade zone, properly handle each other's concern
on economic and trade issues, and achieve the goal of increasing the bilateral
trade volume to 200 billion U.S. dollars at an early date.
South Korean leaders and entrepreneurs expressed
their willingness to enhance cooperation in such fields as environmental
protection, energy saving and telecommunication with China, Li said.
South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun said he hoped the
two countries could achieve common development and maintain common interests
through high-level cooperation and fair competition, Li added.
During his three-day visit to Japan, the Chinese
premier and his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe jointly launched a high-level
economic dialogue mechanism.
The mechanism, which is of historic significance,
signals the upgrade of bilateral economic cooperation and will play an active
role in expanding economic cooperation between the two countries, Li said.
The foreign minister also said the two nations
pledged to take advantage of the mechanism to increase policy communications on
major regional and international economic issues, and boost cooperation in a
wider range of areas.
The Chinese premier arrived in Seoul on Tuesday
morning for the first visit to South Korea in his capacity as premier. He held
talks with his South Korean counterpart Han Duck-soo, and South Korean President
Roh Moo-hyun, and attended the opening ceremony for the China-South Korea
Exchange Year.
Premier Wen flew to Tokyo Wednesday for an
"ice-thawing" journey to Japan. He met with Japanese Emperor Akihito and held
talks with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. Wen delivered a speech on
Sino-Japanese friendship and cooperation to the Japanese parliament.
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BEIJING, April 13 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao's
official visit to South Korea and Japan has expanded exchanges between China and
the two countries and deepened the feelings of the peoples toward each other,
Chinese Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing said on Friday.
Wen paid an official visit to South Korea and Japan
from April 10 to 13. This is the first time a Chinese premier has visited the
two countries in seven years. Full story
OSAKA, Japan, April 13 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Premier Wen
Jiabao said Friday that the Chinese government will continue to support a closer
relationship with West Japan, the second largest economic circle in Japan.
West Japan, or the Kansai region, plays an important role
in the Sino-Japanese economic relationship, Wen said at the meeting with Osaka
Governor Fusae Ohta along with regional political and business dignitaries. Full story
China, Japan agree to boost cultural
exchanges
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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)
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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
China, Japan launch high-level
economic dialogue mechanism
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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)
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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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