Mr. Song Jingwu, Vice President of the Chinese People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries (CPAFFC), met with Japan WuShu TaiJiQuan Federation delegation led by Vice President Okazaki Yutaka on August 8th. Mr. Cheng Haibo, Deputy Director-General of Department of Japanese Affairs of CPAFFC, attended the meeting.

Vice President Song extended welcome to the delegation and said, this year marks the 45th anniversary of the normalization of China-Japan diplomatic relations. The people-to-people friendly exchange activities of the two countries were held one by one during this time, such as, as soon as the Conference of the Junior High School Students Table Tennis Friendship Competition Between China and Japan Friendly Exchange Cities came to an end, the friends from Japan WuShu TaiJiQuan field visited China. They hoped to promote the Sino-Japanese friendship from generation to generation through developing various exchanges activities.

Vice President Okazaki Yutaka, Specialist Director Kawasaki Masao thanked Vice President Song for taking time to meet them and introduced the Federation will plan to promote the cooperation and exchange of WuShu TaiJiQuan between China and Japan. They hoped to take the 45th anniversary of the normalization of China-Japan diplomatic relations in this year and the 40th anniversary of Conclusion of a Treaty of Peace and Friendship between China and Japan in next year as opportunities to further improve the bilateral relations.