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Ying Yong meets ex-Japanese PM Yasuo Fukuda
应勇会见日本前首相、博鳌亚洲论坛理事长福田康夫
From:Shanghai Daily  |  2017-03-29 01:40

Shanghai Mayor Ying Yong received Yasuo Fukuda, chairman of the Bo’ao Forum for Asia and former prime minster of Japan, on Monday.

He welcomed Fukuda’s participation in a Sino-Japanese youth calligraphy exchange event in Shanghai and said the two countries’ relationship is one of the most important bilateral relationships for China.

Ying said friendly exchanges and cooperation between regional governments will benefit this bilateral relationship. Shanghai is the sister city of Yokohama and Osaka and has strong ties with Nagasaki.

The mayor said Shanghai is aiming to become an international economic, financial, trade and shipping center in 2020 and a global innovation center in 2030 and a first-class cosmopolitan city in 2040.

He said Shanghai wants to strengthen cooperation with Tokyo, Osaka, Yokohama, Nagasaki and other places in Japan.

Fukuda noted that 2017 is the 45th anniversary of the normalization of Sino-Japanese relationship and next year will be the 40th anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of Peace and Friendship between the two nations.

He said both sides should abide by the four political documents, work hard to reduce negative factors in their relationship, and enhance their economic and trade ties as well as friendly exchanges between the two peoples.

Fukuda said he hoped Japan’s regional governments can increase cooperation with Shanghai and promote bilateral friendship.

Yutaka Yokoi, the Japanese ambassador to China, was present at the meeting.

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