The First Session of the 14th National People's Congress held a press conference on the 7th. Foreign Minister Qin Gang answered questions from Chinese and foreign journalists.

　　NHK reporter: This year marks the 45th anniversary of the signing of the China-Japan Treaty of Peace and Friendship. When the leaders of China and Japan met in November last year, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said that the leaders of the two sides should maintain close communication on the development of bilateral relations.

At present, there are still sharp differences in the respective positions of the two sides in the fields of politics, economy, security, etc., and the foreign ministers of the two sides have not yet achieved face-to-face talks.

May I ask, what kind of Sino-Japanese relationship does China's new leadership plan to build?

　　Qin Gang: China and Japan are separated by a narrow strip of water. To build Sino-Japanese relations in the new era, I think the following should be done:

　　First, keep your word.

45 years ago, the two countries concluded the "Sino-Japanese Treaty of Peace and Friendship", which for the first time confirmed the principles and direction of the development of Sino-Japanese relations in legal form.

This treaty, together with the other three political documents between China and Japan, constitutes the political foundation of China-Japan relations, especially the important political consensus of "being cooperative partners and not posing threats to each other", which should be strictly abided by. .

　　Second, we must learn from history.

Japanese militarism once caused serious harm to the Chinese nation, and it still hurts today.

The Chinese people will never forget, and neither should Japan.

To forget history means betrayal, and to deny guilt means recidivism.

China always treats Japan with kindness and hopes to have good neighborliness and friendship.

However, if some people on the Japanese side do not treat their neighbors as partners, but are beggar-thy-neighbors, or even participate in a new cold war to contain China, then the old wounds between the two countries will be unhealed and new pains will be added.

　　Third, we must maintain order.

Now some Japanese leaders are also talking about the so-called order, so today we will talk about what this order is.

Today's international order is based on the victory of the World Anti-Fascist War, which was bought with the lives and blood of 35 million Chinese soldiers and civilians.

The Chinese people will never accept any historical revisionism that challenges the post-war international order and international justice.

The "Sino-Japanese Treaty of Peace and Friendship" clearly stipulates that hegemonism is opposed, and the spirit of the treaty has practical significance at present.

　　Fourth, we must achieve mutual benefit and win-win results.

China and Japan have complementary advantages and need each other.

We should adhere to market principles and the spirit of freedom and openness, strengthen cooperation, jointly maintain the stability and smoothness of the industrial chain and supply chain, and inject momentum and vitality into the recovery of the global economy.

　　Qin Gang: Finally, I would like to say one more thing.

The Japanese government decided to discharge the Fukushima nuclear contaminated water into the sea.

This is not a private matter of the Japanese family, but a major event related to the marine environment and human health.

We urge the Japanese side to handle this issue in a responsible manner.

　　(According to the text of the webcast)