Trade: China-Japan relations
(China Daily)
Updated: 2006-09-06 11:22

China and Japan are important trading partners, and to further strengthen bilateral economic and trade relations is in the interest of both sides, Premier Wen Jiabao said yesterday.

Wen made the remarks when meeting a delegation from the Japan-China Economic Association, led by President Chihaya Akira and advisor Mitarai Fujio, who is also chairman of the Japan Business Federation.

The sustainable, sound and fast development of the Chinese economy and the opening-up to the outside world provides good opportunities for co-operation between the two countries in economy and trade, Wen said.

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