Mr. Tang Jiaxuan, President of China-Japan Friendship Association (CJFA) met in Beijing with KANSAI ECONOMIC FEDERATION (KEF) delegation led by Mr. MATSUSHITA MASAYUKI, Vice President of KEF and Vice President of Panasonic Corporation of China on July 12th. They had an in-depth discussion and exchanged their views on the topics of China- Japan relations, Chinese economic situation and China-Japan economy and trade cooperation. Mr. Song Jingwu, Vice President of CPAFFC, was present.

President Tang extended his warm welcome to Mr. MATSUSHITA MASAYUKI for leading the delegation to visit China again. President Tang spoke highly of the KANSAI ECONOMIC FEDERATION for paying attention to the bilateral ties and having faith in promoting the economy and trade cooperation between the two countries as well as showing enthusiasm about it. President Tang hoped that the personages from Japanese economic sector should seize the important opportunity of the Chinese economy increasingly maintaining development at a medium to high speed, catch up the sound momentum of speeding up economic transformation and upgrading, of improving quality and get better structured the Chinese economy. We can commonly lead East Asian Regions cooperation and develop a win-win platform.

Mr. MATSUSHITA MASAYUKI expressed that China and Japan are close neighbors linked by a narrow strip of water. As a close relationship with China, KANSAI ECONOMIC FEDERATION has always engaged in deepening the cooperation in the economic sector of the two countries. It is willing to make active efforts with China to expand the two countries’ economy and trade cooperation and improve the bilateral ties.