Beijing-Tokyo Forum eyes high-level dialogue
- By Lin Liyao
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The 12th Beijing-Tokyo Forum is scheduled to be held September 27-28 in the Japanese capital on the theme of "Sino-Japanese cooperation for Asian and world peace and development."
Jointly organized by China International Publishing Group (CIPG) and Japan's Genron NPO, the meeting will focus specifically on the issues of peace in East Asia and the world economy.
The forum will highlight discussion on a variety of hot topics involved in the relationship between the two countries, and sub-forums on bilateral politics and diplomacy, economy and trade, media exchanges, security, and special issues.
Zhou Mingwei, CIPG president, said that initiated in 2005, the Beijing-Tokyo Forum has become an influential non-governmental forum that features high-level dialogues and communication between the two countries.
Despite the vicissitudes in bilateral relations in the past few years, the forum has played a significant role in promoting mutual trust and understanding between the two peoples.
According to the organizers, more than 600 diplomats and experts on Sino-Japanese relations will participate.
Jiang Jianguo, minister of the State Council Information Center (SCIO), Zhao Qizheng, former SCIO minister, Zhou Mingwei, CIPG president, Chen Xiaogong, former deputy commander of the PLA Air Force, as well as Yasuo Fukuda, former Japanese prime minister, Shigeru Ishiba, former Japanese minister for regional revitalization, are all expected to be present.
Experts and researchers from the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, China Foreign Affairs University, Shanghai Institutes for International Studies, the University of Tokyo and Keio University will also take part in the discussions section of the meeting.
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