The Sixth Japan-China Economic Partnership Consultation

October 4, 2007

The Sixth Japan-China Economic Partnership Consultation will be held on October 12 in Tokyo (Iikura House).
The Japanese side for this Consultation will be headed by Mr. Masaharu Kono, Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs and comprised of representatives of the ministries and agencies concerned. The Chinese side will be led by Mr. Chen Jian, Assistant Minister of Commerce of the People’s Republic of China and comprised of officials from the bureaus concerned.
The Consultation is expected to cover such issues as bilateral economic relations, cooperation in East Asia and multilateral frameworks.
The Consultation was agreed in April 2002 between the then Prime Minister of Japan Junichiro Koizumi, and the then Premier of the State Council, Mr. Zhu Rongji. The Consultation was established to comprehensively discuss the future direction of bilateral economic relations with particular focus on trade and investment, thereby identifying and addressing any bilateral economic problems at an early stage as well as further strengthening the complementary relationship between the two economies.

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