On June 2nd, Mr. Tang Jiaxuan, President of China-Japan Friendship Association (CJFA), met in Beijing with the main members of the friendly exchange delegation from Kyushu, Japan for the fourth time to visit China, which was led by Mr. MATSUMOTO RYU, President of Fukuoka-Ken Japan-China Friendship Association, Former Minister of Environment.

President Tang extended welcome to the delegation and expressed appreciation to the Kyushu Japan-China Friendship Association (KJCFA) for adhering to friendly faith and visiting China even if the bilateral relations encountered the difficulties. Moreover, KJCFA held Japan-China friendly exchange conferences in Kyushu for 4 consecutive years.
President Tang said that people-to-people exchange is the fine tradition of the Sino-Japanese relations. The nongovernmental organizations of the two countries should take the 45th anniversary of the normalization of China-Japan diplomatic relations as an opportunity to firmly believe in Sino-Japanese friendship, carry out the fine tradition, firmly keep to the general direction of peace, friendship and cooperation of bilateral relations, expand the exchanges of grass-roots, strengthen the pragmatic cooperation and greatly develop the exchange of the youth.
MATSUMOTO RYU said that strengthening the exchanges of the people-to-people and the youth of the two countries are important parts of promoting bilateral relations. He is willing to continue developing the potential of the exchange of the people-to-people, so as to enhance the exchange and cooperation between China and Japan.

The main members of the delegation also expressed their hopes and wishes for Sino-Japanese friendship respectively.
CPAFFC Vice President Song Jingwu held a banquet for the delegation during their stay in Beijing.