Regional development, cooperation strengthened at bilateral leaders' meetings

Japan

President Xi Jinping said China and Japan should translate their political consensus on being partners and posing no threat to one another into concrete policies and practical actions, when he met with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida.

The two sides should look at each other's development objectively and rationally, establish positive and friendly mutual understanding, and constructively manage conflicts and differences, he noted.

Xi emphasized that history, Taiwan and other major issues and topics have a bearing on the political foundation of relations between the two countries, and Tokyo must abide by its commitment to ensure the foundation of the relations will not be damaged or shaken.

Xi added that China and Japan's economic interests, industrial chains and supply chains are deeply intertwined, and moves such as decoupling and disrupting those chains benefit no one.

Kishida said Japan has no intention of decoupling or breaking links with China.

Tokyo will continue to be committed to its path of peaceful development, and there is no change to it honoring the Japan-China Joint Communique's position in tackling the Taiwan question, he said.

At the meeting, the two sides agreed to maintain dialogue and communications at all levels, and both spoke positively of the recently established China-Japan export control dialogue mechanism.

They also agreed to host a new round of China-Japan high-level economic dialogue and high-level consultation on people-to-people exchanges at an appropriate time.

On the discharge of Fukushima's nuclear-contaminated wastewater into the sea, the two sides agreed to try and find a suitable way to resolve the issue through constructive consultations and negotiations.