Premier Li Qiang met with Japanese Minister for Foreign Affairs Takeshi Iwaya at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Wednesday.
Noting that China-Japan relations are at a crucial stage of improvement and development, Li said China is willing to work with Japan to implement the important consensus reached by the leaders of the two countries, promote the sustained and healthy development of bilateral relations, and achieve more new results in pragmatic cooperation.
China and Japan are close neighbors that cannot be moved away from each other, and the two countries have made a solemn commitment to being cooperative partners rather than threats to each other, he said.
Premier Li said he hopes that Japan will work with China, abide by the principles laid down in the four China-Japan political documents, face history squarely and look to the future, constructively and properly manage differences and disputes, and take care of the overall situation of China-Japan relations.
He called on the two sides to expand economic and trade relations, deepen mutually beneficial cooperation, and further strengthen people-to-people exchanges.
Iwaya said that Japan is willing to make joint efforts with China to strengthen exchanges at all levels, especially people-to-people exchanges, promote mutually beneficial cooperation and improve public opinion toward each other, comprehensively advance strategic relations of mutual benefit, and build constructive and stable Japan-China relations.
Premier Li meets Japanese FM in Beijing
The Standing Committee of the 14th National People's Congress (NPC) concluded its 13th session in Beijing on Wednesday.
Zhao Leji, chairman of the NPC Standing Committee, presided over the closing meeting.
At the closing meeting, lawmakers voted to adopt a law on value-added tax, a decision on amending the Supervision Law, and a revised Science and Technology Popularization Law.
They adopted a decision on removing Wang Guanghua from the post of minister of natural resources and appointing Guan Zhi'ou to the position.
The meeting decided to submit a draft amendment to the Law on Deputies to the National People's Congress and Local People's Congresses at All Levels to the third session of the 14th NPC for further deliberation, and entrusted Li Hongzhong, vice chairman of the NPC Standing Committee, to make explanatory remarks to the NPC session.
The meeting adopted a decision on convening the third session of the 14th NPC. According to the decision, the third session of the 14th NPC will open on March 5, 2025.
Lawmakers ratified an extradition treaty between China and Zimbabwe and another one between China and Suriname.
They voted to adopt the name list of the members of the sixth-term Macao Special Administrative Region Basic Law Committee of the NPC Standing Committee.
They also adopted a deputy qualification report and personnel-related bills.
After the closing meeting, Zhao presided over a lecture for lawmakers.
On the same day in Beijing, an oath-taking ceremony was held by the 14th NPC Standing Committee to pledge allegiance to the Constitution.
Top legislature concludes standing committee session
