Mr. Yu Zhengsheng, Chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), met in the Great Hall of the People with Mr. KAWAMURA TAKEO, Chairman of the Committee on Rules and Administration of the House of Representatives on August 19th.

Chairman Yu Zhengsheng said that the Chinese side pays high attention to the Sino-Japanese relations and has always been adhering to the spirit of reviewing the history and looking into the future. It develops Sino-Japanese good-neighborly and friendly relations on the basis of the four political documents between China and Japan. In the past few years, the general direction of the bilateral ties was improved, but it was still fragile and was confronted with several sensitive issues, which required the both sides to pay more attention to and properly handle them. Both China and Japan should work together toward the same direction, firmly keep to the correct direction of bilateral relations, get rid of the disturbances and push bilateral ties for improvement.

KAWAMURA TAKEO said that the Japanese government has a completely understanding about the importance of the Sino-Japanese strategic beneficial relations. They hope to make great efforts to improve the friendly cooperation of the two countries.

Mr. Zhang Qingli, the Vice-Chairman and Secretary-General of CPPCC, Mr. Li Xiaolin, President of CPAFFC, Mr. hang Qiujian, Deputy Secretary-General of CPPCC, Mr. Liu Haixing，Assistant Minister of Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Song Jingwu, Vice President of CPAFFC, attended the meeting.

At the invitation of CPAFFC, KAWAMURA TAKEO and his delegation visited Beijing from August 17 to 20.