China News Agency, Seoul, February 6th (Liu Xuwan Jiaxin) As an important cooperation mechanism among China, Japan and South Korea, the China-Japan-Korea Cooperation Secretariat (hereinafter referred to as the "Secretariat") will be set as the "China-Japan-Korea Cooperation Secretariat" in February this year. Youth Month” and launched a series of activities to promote common exchanges between youths of the three countries.

Recently, Ambassador Ou Boqian, Secretary-General of the Secretariat, said in an exclusive interview with a reporter from China News Agency that he hoped that through face-to-face exchanges, the spirit of cooperation between China, Japan and South Korea will be rooted in the hearts of young people, and contribute to the practical improvement of mutual awareness among the three countries.

Ou Boqian, Secretary-General of the China-Japan-Korea Cooperation Secretariat.

Photo by Liu Xu

　　"Youth is strong, East Asia is strong, China, Japan and South Korea are strong." Ou Boqian said that the cooperation between China, Japan and South Korea is future-oriented cooperation.

Young people are precisely the masters of the future.

"We cannot change the past, we cannot rewrite history, but we can shape the future."

　　According to the "China-Japan-Korea Data Port" created by the Secretariat, in China, Japan and South Korea, the number of young people under the age of 45 is as high as 900 million, and the number of young people under the age of 35 is also nearly 700 million.

Ou Boqian said, "We hope to make youth activities a major project of the secretariat to drive and promote joint exchanges between youths of the three countries, with a view to realizing the goal of youths from China, Japan and South Korea sharing their youth and future."

The China-Japan-Korea Cooperation Secretariat has set February this year as "China-Japan-Korea Youth Month".

Photo courtesy of the China-Japan-Korea Cooperation Secretariat

　　Talking about the specific projects of the "China-Japan-Korea Youth Month", Ou Boqian introduced that on February 10, the Secretariat will hold the launching ceremony of the "China-Japan-Korea Youth Exchange Network" in Tokyo, Japan, integrating the "China-Japan-Korea Youth Ambassador Project" The original projects such as the China-Japan-Korea Youth Speech Contest, the China-Japan-Korea Youth Summit, the China-Japan-Korea Asian Campus Alumni Workshop and the China-Japan-Korea Children’s Fairy Tale Exchange Activity, etc. The "Three Kingdoms Youth Farmer Leaders Exchange" project; the Secretariat also newly established the "Secretariat Youth Internship" project this year, and the "China, Japan, and South Korea Social Media Youth Support Group" project, a total of 9 projects.

　　According to Ou Boqian, the platform recruits a group of professionals every year to serve as mentors for the "China-Japan-Korea Youth Exchange Network".

They will not only provide professional guidance for youths from the three countries to participate in the "China-Japan-Korea Youth Exchange Network" project, but also share experience and provide advice on issues of most concern to young people in their growth, such as learning and employment.

　　At the same time, after the platform selection, the secretariat will provide certain financial support to the winning projects every year.

In addition, the platform also has the functions of studying, recruiting and so on.

On February 10, the Secretariat will hold the launch ceremony of the "China-Japan-Korea Youth Exchange Network" in Tokyo, Japan.

Photo courtesy of the China-Japan-Korea Cooperation Secretariat

　　Ou Boqian said that the "China-Japan-Korea Youth Exchange Network" platform has set four key words - connection, experience, discovery and practice.

Connectivity is to strengthen communication and exchange; experience is to perceive each other and further deepen understanding and understanding; discovery is to discover commonalities and differences among us, and discover new space; practice is to jointly promote the cooperation between China, Japan and South Korea V. Future of China, Japan and South Korea.

　　Ou Boqian expects that more excellent projects will be shared on the "China-Japan-Korea Youth Exchange Network" platform in the future, and also hopes that more people will join this platform to share youth, share the future, grow together, and jointly promote China-Japan-Korea Enduring peace, universal prosperity and a common culture among the three nations.

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