(Economic Observer) Standing at an important historical node, how can China and Japan promote new economic and trade cooperation?

　　China News Agency, Beijing, November 28 (Reporter Chen Kangliang) The commemorative symposium of the China-Japan Economic Knowledge Exchange and the 39th Annual Conference were held on the 28th in a combination of online and offline.

It is the 50th anniversary of the normalization of diplomatic relations between China and Japan. How China and Japan can use history as a mirror and face the future to create an "upgraded version" of economic and trade cooperation has become the focus of discussion among participants.

　　Lu Hao, chief representative of the Chinese side and director of the Development Research Center of the State Council of China, said that this year marks the 50th anniversary of the normalization of diplomatic relations between China and Japan.

Since the normalization of diplomatic relations, China and Japan have strengthened economic and trade cooperation and jointly promoted economic prosperity in Asia, which is an important reason for the eastward shift of the world's economic center of gravity.

A few days ago, the leaders of China and Japan met face-to-face for the first time since the outbreak of the new crown pneumonia epidemic, and reached five important consensus on stabilizing and developing bilateral relations between China and Japan, which pointed out the direction for the development of bilateral relations in the new era.

China and Japan should actively promote cooperation in various fields in accordance with the important consensus reached by the leaders of the two countries when they met in Bangkok, and play a greater role in promoting the recovery of the world economy.

　　Toshihiko Fukui, chief representative of the Japanese side and chairman of the Canon Institute for Global Strategy, also said that the current world situation is undergoing historic changes.

The world is facing many complex issues, including regional conflicts and the new crown pneumonia epidemic, which require everyone to work together to deal with them.

Based on this background, it is very important for Japan and China to further strengthen cooperation in the future.

　　So, at a new historical starting point, how to push the economic and trade cooperation between China and Japan to a higher level?

　　Lu Hao believes that China and Japan are both major economies in the world, and the two economies are highly interdependent, with closely linked industrial chains and supply chains and numerous points of intersection of interests.

Over the years, the economic cooperation between the two countries has made important contributions to promoting world economic growth.

In the future, in addition to strengthening trade and investment, innovation cooperation, and financial cooperation, the two countries can also focus on four aspects: green development and low-carbon transformation, digital economy, addressing the challenges of aging, and maintaining the stability and smoothness of the regional industrial chain and supply chain. Seize new opportunities for industry and market development.

　　Peng Sen, president of the China Economic System Reform Research Association, said that China and Japan should make good use of the "Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement" (RCEP) to strengthen cooperation.

RCEP is an important milestone in regional economic integration. It marks the official landing of a free trade area with the largest population, largest economic and trade scale, the most diverse member structure, and the most development potential in the world. It reflects the joint efforts of relevant regions and countries to maintain multilateralism and freedom. Faith and determination to trade.

At present, the RCEP effect has already appeared. The trade volume between China and other RCEP member countries has increased significantly. At the same time, RCEP is also the trade arrangement with the highest utilization rate in Japan. China and Japan should make good use of the RCEP agreement to continue to promote the digital economy and green economy of the two countries. , digital agriculture and other fields of cooperation.

　　Fukukawa Shinji, the former vice minister of the Ministry of International Trade and Industry of Japan, said that Japan is the country with the fastest aging process in the world, and China is also entering an aging society. The cooperation between the two countries in this field includes the use of remote surgery to develop medical services, use There are good prospects for advanced technology to operate places and facilities for the elderly, and the cooperation between the two countries in dealing with the aging society will surely benefit more people.

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