Chinese Vice President Li Yuanchao (R) meets with a delegation of Japanese governors in Beijing, capital of China, Oct. 28, 2014. The Japanese delegation is in Beijing to attend the second Sino-Japanese Governor Forum. (Xinhua/Liu Weibing)

BEIJING, Oct. 28 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Vice President Li Yuanchao met on Tuesday with a delegation of Japanese governors with the hope that Japan will make sincere efforts to improve bilateral ties.

The delegation, led by Keiji Yamada, governor of Japan's Kyoto Prefecture and president of Japan's National Governors' Association, is visiting China to attend the second Sino-Japan Governor Forum held in Beijing on Tuesday.

Li said the development of a long-term and stable China-Japan relationship is in line with the fundamental interests of people of the two countries.

China is willing to push forward bilateral ties on the basis of the four political documents between China and Japan and in the spirit of drawing lessons from history and facing up to the future, said Li.

Noting that bilateral relations are very important, Yamada said Japanese local governments are willing to enhance friendly exchanges with the Chinese side, increase mutual understanding and trust between the two peoples, and deepen mutually beneficial cooperation to push for improvements in bilateral ties.