Zhao Qizheng (C), Vice-Director of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, Chen Haosu (R), president of the Chinese People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries and Zhu Ling, editor-in-chief of China Daily attend the opening ceremony of the Beijing-Tokyo Forum in Beijing August 23, 2005. The annual event, jointly held by China Daily, School of International Study under Peking University and Genron NPO of Japan, gathered more than 60 Chinese and Japanese officials and experts to promote relations between the two nations. [newsphoto]