Envoy urges Japan to jointly uphold multilateralism, free trade system

As Beijing looks to marking the 80th anniversary this year of victory in World War II, Chinese Ambassador to Japan Wu Jianghao has called on people in Japan and around the globe to jointly safeguard justice, the postwar international order and world peace.

In an interview on the sidelines of this year's two sessions, the annual meetings of China's top legislative and political advisory bodies, Wu, a member of the 14th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, also urged Tokyo to reject malicious competition directed at China and work together to uphold multilateralism and the global free trade system.

This year marks the 80th anniversary of the victory in the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression (1931-45) and the World Anti-Fascist War.