China News Service, Beijing, January 15 (Reporter Liu Xu) Jing Dunquan, vice chairman of the China Soong Ching Ling Foundation, recently paid a visit to the new Japanese ambassador to China.
The two sides conducted in-depth and friendly exchanges on the current international situation, Sino-Japanese relations, and the cause of friendship between the two countries, and promoted practical cooperation.
Jing Dunquan first congratulated Toru Hideo on his appointment as Japan's Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to China. He said that China and Japan are neighbors separated by a strip of water, and they are also countries with important influence in the world.
A long-term and stable relationship of friendship and cooperation is not only in the common interests of the two peoples, but also conducive to peace and development in Asia and the world.
Under the strategic guidance of the leaders of the two countries and the joint efforts of all walks of life, the current Sino-Japanese relations are showing a good momentum of development.
China is about to enter a new development stage of building a modern socialist country in an all-round way. It will uphold new development concepts, build a new development pattern, and commit to high-quality development, which will bring new opportunities for China and Japan to deepen friendly exchanges and mutually beneficial cooperation in various fields.
The China Soong Ching Ling Foundation is willing to strengthen exchanges and cooperation with all walks of life in Japan, and jointly contribute to the enhancement of China-Japan non-governmental friendship and the promotion of youth humanities exchanges.
Tori Hideo said that Japan and China are neighbors that cannot be moved.
For most of my 35 years as a diplomat, I have been engaged in diplomacy with China.
I am very happy to be appointed as the Japanese ambassador to China this time, and I am willing to make unremitting efforts to build a sound, stable and constructive Japan-China relationship.
Sun Yat-sen and Soong Ching Ling have a special relationship with Japan. The China Soong Ching Ling Foundation has done a lot of work to promote Japan-China friendship. It hopes to close communication and cooperation with the foundation, promote exchanges between various circles in Japan and the foundation, and jointly promote friendly exchanges between the youth of the two countries , So that more young people will take over the baton of the friendship between the two countries and make positive efforts and contributions to the further development of friendly relations between Japan and China.
During the period, Tang Jiuhong, Deputy Secretary-General of China Soong Ching Ling Foundation, Chen Aimin, Minister of International Cooperation and Exchange, Song Jian, Minister of Funding Department, Shimizu Shio, Minister Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Japanese Embassy in China, Director of the Press and Culture Center, Minister Yoshiko Kishima, Minister of Economic Affairs Seven Atsushi Ze, Minister-Counselor of the Consular Department Masaru Okada, and Counselor of the Political Department Shi Feijie, etc., had in-depth exchanges around important time nodes such as commemorating the 110th anniversary of the Revolution of 1911, the 50th anniversary of the normalization of diplomatic relations between China and Japan, the Tokyo Olympics, and the Beijing Winter Olympics Explore the planning of exchange and cooperation activities.
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