On February 18, Minister Wang Wentao met with a Japanese business delegation in Beijing. It was the largest ever Japanese delegation to visit China, composed of 230 members, which fully demonstrates the importance that the Japanese business community attaches to the Chinese market. The Japanese entrepreneurs attending the meeting said that the steady growth of the Chinese economy is good to Japan, East Asia and beyond. They are willing to continue deepening cooperation with China and make continuous contributions to the development of China-Japan relations from the economic perspective.

Thanks to the deep economic integration between China and Japan, bilateral trade has exceeded 300 billion US dollars for many years in a row. Japan's investment stock in China has exceeded 130 billion US dollars, with more potential to unlock. The two sides should strengthen policy communication, maintain the stability of the production and supply chains, safeguard the multilateral trading system with the World Trade Organization at its core, and strengthen regional and multilateral cooperation. We hope that the business communities of the two countries can expand exchanges and visits, deepen cooperation in green development, health care, service trade and other fields, and contribute to the sound and stable development of China-Japan economic and trade relations. Thank you.