Continent's vitality hinges on enhanced Northeast Asian joint growth

SEOUL — After a hiatus of more than four years, leaders from China, Japan and South Korea convened here for the ninth trilateral summit.

The restart of the trilateral meeting took place against the backdrop of rising protectionism, armed conflicts and supply chain restructuring. As major countries in Asia and leading economies in the world, the three countries carry a profound responsibility to articulate an unwavering commitment to bolstering trilateral cooperation.

Born amid the tumult of the Asian financial crisis in 1999, the three countries' cooperative framework stands out as an epitome of multilateral cooperation in East Asia, anchored by leaders' meetings and fortified by a network of ministerial gatherings, senior officials' assemblies and more than 70 working-level mechanisms.