The fourth meeting of the new 21st Century Committee for
Japan-China Friendship will be held in Kyoto of Japan from March 23
to 24, according to Chinese Foreign Ministry.
Zheng Bijian, chief Chinese member of the 21st Century Committee
for China-Japan Friendship, and his Japanese counterpart Yotaro
Kobayashi will lead members of the two sides to attend the
meeting.
The new 21st Century Committee for China-Japan Friendship, a
policy consultation organization of the two governments, was
established in July 2003 based on the consensus of the leaders of
the two countries. It has held three meetings successively in
Dalian in Northeast China's Liaoning Province, Tokyo of Japan and
Kunming in Southwest China's Yunnan Province.
The fourth meeting will mainly discuss the issues including the
present China-Japan relations and how to strengthen bilateral
people-to-people exchanges and communications.
(Xinhua News Agency March 17, 2006)