The Chinese government has adopted a friendly policy toward
Japan and such stance remains unchanged, Vice President Zeng
Qinghong said Friday during a meeting with a delegation from
Japanese Diet.
"We hope the two sides make concerted efforts for realizing the
five-point proposals for the healthy and steady growth of
Sino-Japanese relations as put forward by President Hu Jintao
in Jakarta," he said.
Such proposals reflect "the basic policy for consolidating and
developing Sino-Japanese relations" adopted by the Chinese
leadership in the past generations and also demonstrate "the common
will" of the new Chinese leadership.
Takeshi Noda, head of the delegation and chairman of the
Japan-China Society, expressed the same willingness in his opening
comments.
It has been thought that "the current political relationship
between Japan and China is cold," he said. "I know Beijing's
weather today is over 30 centigrade, and I hope our relationship
can be as warm as the weather today," he said.
Zeng welcomed Noda to Beijing when bilateral ties were "in a
difficult period." To develop Sino-Japanese relations in the new
century, Zeng said, efforts should be made to inherit traditions,
fortify conviction, safeguard overall situation and handle ties
from strategic perspectives in the long run.
Efforts should be made to conform to the historic tide and
people's common aspiration, namely peaceful coexistence, friendship
for generations to come, mutually beneficial cooperation and common
development, he said.
Efforts should be made to strictly observe principles set forth
in the three political documents, fully implement the spirit of
"taking history as a mirror and looking forward to the future" and
correctly handle the history and Taiwan issues, he said.
China hoped bilateral ties "can soon return to the normal track
of healthy and steady growth," he said.
Noda said the current Japan-China relations are worrisome,
making him deeply feel the responsibility as a politician.
The purpose of his visit is to explore "effective ways" with the
Chinese side on improving bilateral ties and avoiding further
antagonism of the two peoples.
He told Zeng that leaders of the two countries should properly
handle the problems so as to enable bilateral relations to score
more progress in the new century, he said.
Noda is visiting China at the invitation of the Chinese People's
Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries.
(Xinhua News Agency June 4, 2005)