Visiting Chinese President Hu Jintao (L)
and Nara Prefecture Governor Shogo Arai (2nd R) unveil the statue of Great
Master Jianzhen (Ganjin Wajyo) (688-763), a prominent Buddhist monk of the
Tang Dynasty of China (618-907), in Nara, Japan, May 10, 2008.
(Xinhua/Huang Jingwen) Photo
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BEIJING, May 10 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Hu
Jintao's just-concluded "warm spring" visit to Japan has opened up new prospects
for the development of strategic and mutually beneficial relations between the
two countries, Chinese Foreign Minister YangJiechi said on Saturday.
During his state visit, the first by a Chinese
president to Japan in a decade, President Hu held fruitful talks with Prime
Minister Yasuo Fukuda, Yang told Chinese journalists accompanying Hu on the
tour.
During his stay in Japan from May 6-10, Hu met with
Japan's Emperor Akihito, leaders of both houses of parliament and political
parties of Japan, as well as old Japanese friends of China, and had extensive
contacts with leaders of economic circles, representatives of friendly
organizations, young people and people from other walks of life.
The five-day visit, made with a pragmatic approach,
has achieved great successes and produced the desired results.
The Japanese government attached great importance to
President Hu's visit, Yang said. Emperor Akihito, Prime Minister Fukuda and
House of Representatives Speaker Yohei Kono attended many events of Hu's
itinerary, and the Chinese president's visit was greeted with great enthusiasm
by the Japanese public, he said.
BLUEPRINT FOR
SINO-JAPANESE RELATIONS
During the visit, President Hu and Prime Minister
Fukuda issued a six-point joint statement on all-round promotion of strategic
and mutually beneficial relations between the two countries. The statement has
become the fourth important document between the two countries, with the other
three being the China-Japan Joint Statement issued on Sept. 29, 1972, the
China-Japan Treaty of Peace and Friendship signed on Aug. 12, 1978, and the
China-Japan Joint Declaration released on Nov. 26, 1998.
The statement confirms the guiding principles for
long-term development of Sino-Japanese relations, and is of great significance
to consolidating the political foundation of bilateral ties, promoting strategic
mutual trust, building an overall framework for a long-term, healthy and stable
development of China-Japan ties, and deepening bilateral strategic and mutually
beneficial relations, he said.
The two sides also issued a joint press communique on
boosting bilateral exchanges and cooperation, covering 70 cooperation projects
between the two countries.
Both sides confirmed that China and Japan are
cooperation partners, with neither side posing any threat to the other, and that
they will support each other's peaceful development, handle issues existing
between the two countries through dialogue and negotiations, increase high-level
and political exchanges, build a mechanism for high-level regular visits between
leaders of the two nations, strengthen communication and dialogue between the
governments, parliaments and political parties of the two countries.
ECONOMIC AND TRADE
COOPERATION
The visit has helped deepen economic and trade
cooperation between China and Japan.
During the visit, President Hu stressed that China
and Japan are one of the most important trading partners for each other and that
the two economies are highly complementary to each other. He called for efforts
to open new key areas of cooperation.
Hu laid stress on cooperation in energy saving and
environmental protection and called for increased cooperation between
enterprises of the two countries, in regional and global economic affairs in
particular.
The visit has borne fruits in the fields of energy
saving technology, sewage disposal and the development of a recycling economy in
urban areas, with both sides witnessing the exchange of notes on seven
cooperation agreements.
The two sides also agreed to push forward full
cooperation in the fields of finance, information, trade, investment, small- and
medium-sized enterprises and intellectual property rights protection.
Both sides vowed to continue dialogue at the
ministerial level to explore ways of developing energy cooperation.
STRENGTHENING PERSONNEL,
CULTURAL EXCHANGES
Hu pointed out that broadening personnel and cultural
exchanges is the most effective and reliable way of deepening mutual
understanding and friendship between the two peoples, Yang said.
Delivering a speech at Waseda University, Hu said the
future of the Sino-Japanese friendship rests on the youths of the two countries.
CONSENSUS, COOPERATION IN
REGIONAL, INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
President Hu noted that the two countries'
coordination and cooperation are indispensable to the rejuvenation of Asia, Yang
said.
Hu said both China and Japan should make
contributions to Asia's revival, and work together to cope with global
challenges and build a harmonious Asia and world, according to the Chinese
foreign minister.
The two sides pledged joint efforts to maintain peace
and stability in Northeast Asia and facilitate the process of six-party talks,
Yang said.
The two sides agreed to strive to promote regional
cooperation in East Asia and contribute to building a peaceful, prosperous,
stable and open Asia, in line with the principles of openness, transparency and
tolerance, he said.
The two sides agreed to strengthen cooperation in the
fields of climate change and environmental protection.
The two sides decided to cooperate in coping with
climate change after 2012 within the framework of the United Nations Framework
Convention on Climate Change, as well as in line with the principle of "common
but differentiated responsibilities and respective capabilities" and the Bali
Roadmap, he said.
Chinese President Hu Jintao (L) meets
with Japanese Emperor Akihito (R) in Tokyo, Japan, May 7, 2008. (Xinhua
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TOKYO, May 7 (Xinhua) -- Visiting Chinese
President Hu Jintao met Japanese Emperor Akihito in Tokyo Wednesday.
Hailing Hu's state visit to Japan, the emperor enjoyably
recalled his visit to China in 1992, the 20th anniversary of the normalization
of the China-Japan relations. Full story
Chinese President Hu Jintao (L) meets
with Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda in Tokyo, Japan, May 7, 2008.
Visiting Chinese President Hu Jintao and Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo
Fukuda met in Tokyo Wednesday for talks on furthering strategic and
mutually beneficial relations. (Xinhua Photo) Photo
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TOKYO, May 7 (Xinhua) -- Visiting Chinese
President Hu Jintao and Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda held talks in Tokyo
Wednesday on furthering the strategic and mutually beneficial relations between
the two countries. Full story
Chinese President Hu Jintao (2nd L) and
his wife Liu Yongqing (1st L) pose for photos with Japanese Prime Minister
Yasuo Fukuda (2nd R) and his wife Kiyoko (1st R) before a meeting in
Tokyo, Japan, May 7, 2008.(Xinhua Photo) Photo
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TOKYO, May 7 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Hu Jintao and
Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda agreed Wednesday to establish a mechanism
for a regular exchange of visits between leaders of the two countries in an
effort to enhance bilateral ties. Full story
Chinese President Hu Jintao (L) shakes
hands with Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda after they signed a joint
statement in Tokyo, capital of Japan, May 7, 2008. Visiting Chinese
President Hu Jintao and Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda signed the
Sino-Japanese joint statement on advancing strategic and mutually
beneficial relations on May 7. (Xinhua Photo) Photo
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TOKYO, May 7 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Hu
Jintao and Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda signed here Wednesday a
six-point Sino-Japanese joint statement on all-round promotion of their
strategic and mutually beneficial relations. Full story
Chinese President Hu Jintao delivers a
speech at Waseda University in Tokyo, capital of Japan, on May 8, 2008.
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TOKYO, May 8 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Hu Jintao made a
five-point proposal on furthering the China-Japan strategic and mutually
beneficial relations during a speech at the Waseda University Thursday
afternoon. Full story
Chinese President Hu Jintao (R) talks
with Japanese table tennis player Ai Fukuhara (L) during the opening
ceremony of the 2008 Japan-China youth friendly exchange year at the
Waseda University in Tokyo, capital of Japan, May 8, 2008.(Xinhua
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TOKYO, May 8 (Xinhua) -- Visiting Chinese President Hu
Jintao met here on Thursday with four former Japanese prime ministers and
attended the inauguration of the China-Japan Friendly Exchange Year of Youth in
2008.
While having breakfast with Yasuhiro Nakasone, Toshiki
Kaifu, Yoshiro Mori and Shinzo Abe, Hu said the China-Japan relationship is one
of the most important bilateral relations for both countries. Full story
Chinese President Hu Jintao (R) meets
with relatives of Hiroshi Ohira, the oldest son of the late former
Japanese Prime Minister Masayoshi Ohira, in Tokyo, Japan, May 6, 2008.
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TOKYO, May 6 (Xinhua) -- Chinese
President Hu Jintao met with the kin of China's old Japanese friends on Tuesday,
the first day of his current "warm-spring" trip to Japan.
"Sino-Japanese friendship conforms
with the trend of the times and the common aspiration of the two peoples. My
visit to Japan is aimed at further enhancing the friendly feelings between the
people of the two countries and push for further development of Sino-Japanese
friendly cooperation," Hu told family members of four late Japanese friends from
the country's civil community, who made outstanding contributions to the
normalization and improvement of relations between China and Japan over the past
several decades. Full story
