2022 Annual Meeting of the National Japan Economic Association: Scholars Provide Ideas and Solutions for the Development of China-Japan Economic and Trade Relations

　　China News Service, Beijing, September 25 (Reporter Zhang Su) The "2022 Annual Meeting of the National Economic Association of Japan and the 50-Year China-Japan Economic Exchange Seminar" was held on the 25th, and many scholars attended online and offline.

They reviewed and looked forward to the past, present and future of Sino-Japanese economic exchanges, and discussed topics of theoretical and practical value, in order to provide valuable ideas and solutions for the development of Sino-Japanese economic and trade relations.

　　This seminar is hosted by the National Japan Economic Association and undertaken by the Institute of Japanese Studies of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.

Yan Kun, Secretary of the Party Committee of the Institute of Japanese Studies, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, presided over the opening ceremony.

She pointed out that although China-Japan relations are currently facing some complex and severe tests, peace, development and cooperation are still the trend of the times in China-Japan relations, and mutually beneficial cooperation is still the core driving force for the continuous development of China-Japan relations.

China-Japan economic and trade cooperation is not only of great significance to the economic development of China and Japan, but also plays an important role in maintaining the stability of regional supply chains and promoting the recovery of the world economy.

　　Yang Bojiang, director of the Institute of Japanese Studies of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, delivered a speech at the meeting.

He said that over the past 50 years, China-Japan economic exchanges and cooperation in various fields have achieved simultaneous leaps in quantity and quality. The solid ties of practical interests have closely linked the two countries, maintaining the main tone and general direction of China-Japan peaceful cooperation, not only benefiting The two peoples, and have made great contributions to the peace and prosperity of the region and the world.

　　Yang Bojiang also pointed out that the official entry into force of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) in 2022 will help Chinese and Japanese companies to carry out trade and investment cooperation, promote the deep integration of the industrial and supply chains of the two countries, and inject new energy into Sino-Japanese economic cooperation. vitality.

In the face of complex changes in the world, it is necessary to further strengthen the research on the Japanese economy and give full play to the due role of Sino-Japanese economic and trade cooperation.

　　Cheng Yonghua, executive vice president of the China-Japan Friendship Association and former Chinese ambassador to Japan, gave a special speech at the meeting.

He said that after 50 years of economic exchanges and cooperation, China and Japan have become inseparable partners, and the industrial chain and supply chain are closely integrated, and the two sides should work together to further deepen economic ties.

　　Cheng Yonghua also emphasized that Japan has experienced economic growth transformation, energy crisis, exchange rate fluctuations, environmental damage and air pollution, aging and rural population thinning, Japan-US trade frictions, and US suppression of Japan's semiconductor industry in the process of economic development. Questions, in which there are many experiences and lessons, are worth thinking and studying.

　　In the academic report session, Jiang Ruiping, the vice president of the National Japan Economic Association and a distinguished professor of the Chinese Foreign Affairs University, and Zhang Jifeng, the executive vice president of the National Japanese Economic Association and the former deputy director of the Institute of Japanese Studies of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, and other scholars gave special academic reports respectively.

　　The seminar also set up three sub-meetings of "Japanese Economy and Sino-Japanese Economic Exchanges for 50 Years", "Japan's 'Double-Carbon' Experience, Green Economy, Agricultural Economy" and "Regional Economic Cooperation".

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