Chinanews.com, Beijing, November 20 (Li Jingze) Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian announced at a regular press conference on the 20th that at the invitation of Japanese Minister of Foreign Affairs Toshimitsu Motegi and Korean Foreign Minister Kang Kyungwa, Chinese State Councilor and Minister of Foreign Affairs Wang Yi will pay official visits to Japan and South Korea from November 24 to 27.

  A Japanese reporter asked what China expects for this visit to Japan?

  Zhao Lijian stated that State Councilor Wang Yi will hold talks with Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi and meet with Japanese political figures during his visit.

The current China-Japan relations continue to develop steadily. China is willing to work with Japan to implement important consensus reached by leaders through this visit, enhance high-level communication, deepen cooperation in fighting the epidemic and resuming work and production, strengthen coordination of international and regional affairs, and promote healthy and stable China-Japan relations moving forward.

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