Fifth China-Japan Friendship in the 21st century continue to hold its first meeting
Xinhua Beijing February 8 Xinhua fifth China-Japan Friendship 21st Century Committee for China’s senior member, former State Councilor Tang Jiaxuan on the 8th emphasized that a strong China can not be equated with the external hard-line.
In the fifth China-Japan Friendship Committee at its first session of the 21st century, at a press conference, a reporter asked Tang Jiaxuan, in recent years, China and Japan dramatically narrowed the gap between national strength. With China’s rapid development, China’s policy toward Japan will become increasingly tough. Tang said that after 60 years of development, China has made remarkable achievements, further narrowing the gap with Japan. We must also realize that China’s per capita GDP of only 3700 U.S. dollars, ranked 100 in the world after the million and 4 per capita in Japan than there are still a big gap. In accordance with United Nations standards, China’s poverty-stricken population of over 150 million. Such conditions, determines that China will continue to be in a very long period of time a developing country, should make consistent efforts to concentrate on construction and development. The idea that China’s "strong" after becoming "strong" fear neither the basis nor necessary, we have taken the key depends on the actual policies and actions. Since ancient times, Chinese advocates of "harmony", "benevolent neighbors." We will continue to adhere to the road of peaceful development, adhere to and the neighbors to neighbors as partners around the foreign policy, committed to promoting a harmonious Asia and the building of a harmonious world of mutual respect, equality and mutual benefit with all countries on the basis of developing friendly and cooperative, never dominate. This is not only China’s diplomatic philosophy, but also diplomatic action, because of China’s development will not be shaken.
Tang said that China’s reform and opening up and modernization construction has been the support of Japan, Japan is both a participant, is also a beneficiary of the mutually beneficial and mutually beneficial relationship between the two countries very closely. In 2009, Japanese exports to China up to 10 trillion yen, China has surpassed the United States to become Japan’s largest export market.
Tang stressed that China adheres to a friendly policy toward Japan because of China’s development will not change. China is willing to work with the Japanese side of equality, mutual respect for each other’s core interests and major concerns persist through consultations and dialogue to solve the problem comprehensively strengthen cooperation and jointly promote the China-Japan strategic and mutually beneficial long-term healthy and stable development of relations.
Tang finally stressed that China’s development is an opportunity for Japan, the Sino-Japanese relations is an opportunity for Asia and the world peace, stability and prosperity in an opportunity. This will be evidenced by the fact that more and more.