Time to jointly promote the Asian century

In the course of more than 2,000 years of friendly exchanges, Chinese and Japanese peoples have learned from each other's cultures, promoted mutual development and made important contributions to the progress of human civilization.

Since ancient times, China has regarded "peace", "harmony" and "amity" as the most precious factors of bilateral and multilateral relations. They used to be essential elements of Japan's culture, too, in the past.

In their long history, the peoples of the two countries have helped build the East Asian civilization, promoted the formation of Confucian culture, and developed "harmony without uniformity", believed in "being united and working in concert", and followed the Oriental philosophy of "people-first". Their spiritual ties and historical traditions, and the Oriental values they share should be passed down to the next generations.