Mr. Zhang Yansheng mainly interpreted the spirits of the Third and Fourth Plenary Sessions of the 18th Central Committee of the CPC and the Central Economic Working Conference. He said that China will enter a new phase of development as the agenda of comprehensively deepening reform was laid out at the Third Plenary Session of the 18th Central Committee of the CPC and the agenda of comprehensively advancing the law-based governance of the country was set at the Fourth Plenary Session of the 18th Central Committee of the CPC. As a new round of China’s reform and opening-up has been unveiled, China will enter the new phase of development from 2014 to 2049 in line with the agenda of comprehensively deepening reform and advancing the law-based governance of the country set by the CPC Central Committee. He also shared his views on the new normal in China’s economic development, opportunities along with challenges presented by the industrial transformation and how to build “one belt and one road”. As for bilateral economic cooperation between the two nations, Mr. Zhang said that Japanese companies’ investment in China had been driven successively by cost, market and efficiency, and companies of the two countries can carry out cooperation in service, creative industry and global manufacturing in the coming years.

 

Deputy Secretary-General Liu Kaiyang briefed the attendees on CAFIU’s work and the purpose of holding such an event. He said that as an organization dedicated to advancing people-to-people exchanges between China and the rest of the world, CAFIU has done a lot of work to promote friendship between Chinese and Japanese people. The purpose of holding such seminars with the JCEA Beijing Office on issues of common interest is to brief Japanese friends on China and vice versa so that the mutual understanding of the two peoples could be enhanced. Katsuya Igarashi, Secretary-General of the Japanese Chamber of Commerce and Industry in China, said that the CPC 18th National Congress reviewed the previous 3 decades and set the direction for the coming 3 decades, while the Third and Fourth Plenary Sessions of the CPC 18th Central Committee presented a blueprint for China’s future development. Kunihiko Shinoda, General Manager of JCEA Beijing Office, said that his organization is engaged in the exchanges between economic circles of China and Japan, and they will do more to facilitate the communication between young people from both countries to increase mutual understanding. Shinoda was confident that after the meeting between leaders of the two nations, the economic cooperation would be less affected by the bilateral political relations.

 

The two sides later had active interactions. The Japanese side believes the systematic and wide-ranging remarks enabled them to get a better understanding of China’s situation and relevant policies so that it can help them better conduct exchanges with China. JCEA Beijing Office expressed their willingness to strengthen cooperation with CAFIU in holding the next seminar so as to play a positive role in pushing forward exchanges and cooperation between China and Japan.