Chinanews.com, Tokyo, February 10th (Zhu Chenxi, Jiang Wenyue) The China-Japan-Korea Cooperation Secretariat held the "China-Japan-Korea Youth Day" event in Tokyo, Japan on the 10th, and released the "China-Japan-Korea Youth Exchange Network".
Chinese Ambassador to Japan Kong Xuanyou, Japanese Vice Foreign Minister Takei Shunsuke and South Korean Ambassador to Japan Yoon Deok-min attended the event and had a dialogue with youth representatives from the three countries.
About 100 people from diplomatic agencies of China, Japan and South Korea, international exchange promotion agencies, friendship groups of the three countries, teachers and students of universities, and graduates of "Asian Campus" attended the event.
At the same time, the live broadcast of the event was launched, attracting about 300 people from all walks of life in the three countries to participate.
Chinese Ambassador to Japan Kong Xuanyou delivered a speech at the high-end dialogue session.
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The "China-Japan-Korea Youth Exchange Network" is a social platform newly established by the China-Japan-Korea Secretariat after more than half a year of preparation and after extensively listening to opinions from people from all walks of life in the three countries. It aims to create more space for young people in the three countries to learn, communicate and grow together.
At present, the China-Japan-Korea Cooperation Secretariat has completed the integration of its own nine major youth exchange programs, including the China-Japan-Korea "Youth Ambassador", "Youth Summit", "Youth Speech Contest", "Youth Scholars Forum", "Young Farmer Leaders Exchange" "Children's Fairy Tale Exchange", "Asian Campus" alumni workshop, China-Japan-Korea Cooperation Secretariat Intern Program, "China-Japan-Korea Social Media Youth Support Group", etc. Under the unified operation, young people in the three countries can obtain project information and sign up for "one-stop".
Japanese Vice Foreign Minister Shunsuke Takei delivered a speech at the high-end dialogue session.
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Ambassador Ou Boqian, Secretary-General of the China-Japan-Korea Cooperation Secretariat, said in his opening speech, "A strong youth makes Asia strong. We cannot change the past, but we can shape the future together. The premise of developing a future-oriented China-Japan-Korea relationship is mutual trust and friendship, and mutual trust The cultivation of friendship depends on continuous exchanges. We look forward to the joint efforts of the 'China-Japan-Korea Youth Exchange Network' to jointly support the region's lasting peace, general prosperity and common culture."
In the high-end dialogue session, Chinese Ambassador to Japan Kong Xuanyou, Japanese Deputy Foreign Minister Takei Shunsuke and South Korean Ambassador to Japan Yoon Deok-min highly affirmed that non-governmental exchanges among the three countries, especially exchanges among young people, have contributed to enhancing mutual understanding, cognition and friendship between the peoples of the three countries. The important role of developing future-oriented relations among the three countries encourages young people of the three countries to learn more about each other’s language and culture, and to study and work in each other’s country. The governments of the three countries will continue to invest in the China-Japan-Korea Cooperation Secretariat and the “China-Japan-Korea Youth Exchange Network” , Create more opportunities for the youth of the three countries to interact.
Zhang Muhui (Chinese nationality), an associate professor at Sungkyunkwan University in South Korea, Kasugai Moe (Japanese nationality), who is currently the CEO of two Chinese, Japanese and Korean study and employment consulting service companies, and Li Zhengcheng (Korean nationality), an assistant researcher at the Korea Institute of Maritime Strategy, are the representatives of the three countries. Youth representatives participated in this dialogue and expressed their views and suggestions from the perspectives of the role of youth in enhancing mutual understanding among the three countries, promoting mutual employment, and global development issues such as climate change and carbon neutrality.
The Graduate School of Public Policy of the University of Tokyo and the China-Japan-Korea Cooperation Secretariat held a signing ceremony of the Memorandum of Understanding.
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According to the organizers, in the future, the "China-Japan-Korea Youth Exchange Network" will also introduce the supporting youth projects of the China-Japan-Korea ministerial meeting mechanism and the interdepartmental cooperation projects between the China-Japan-Korea Cooperation Secretariat and relevant institutions.
Every year, the China-Japan-Korea Cooperation Secretariat recruits a group of professionals to provide project training, learning and employment guidance for members of the "China-Japan-Korea Youth Exchange Network".
At the same time, in order to encourage young people from the three countries to participate in social practice, the "China-Japan-Korea Youth Exchange Network" supports youth self-created projects. The first two self-created projects will be implemented from April 1 to July 31, and the selected projects will each receive the most awards. $5000 backing.
Currently, the "China-Japan-Korea Youth Exchange Network" has opened membership registration and project applications.
Yoon Duk-min, South Korea's ambassador to Japan, delivered a speech at the high-level dialogue.
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During the event, the Graduate School of Public Policy at the University of Tokyo and the China-Japan-Korea Cooperation Secretariat held a signing ceremony for a memorandum of understanding on the dispatch and acceptance of interns.
Since the intern program of the China-Japan-Korea Cooperation Secretariat was launched in the fourth quarter of 2022, it has established cooperative relations with China Foreign Affairs University, the Graduate School of Public Policy of the University of Tokyo, Waseda University, Incheon University, Dongseo University, and Busan University of Foreign Studies. A total of 12 students (6 offline, 6 online) will join the China-Japan-Korea Cooperation Secretariat from February and work with the staff of the Secretariat for 5 months.
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