Japanese ruling party delegation to visit China

According to a report on the website of the Lianhe Zaobao of Singapore on January 7, the Secretary General of the Japanese Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), Yuki Moriyama, and the Secretary General of the Komeito Party, Shigeru Nishida, will lead the delegation of the ruling Japanese party to visit China next week

It was reported that Hu Zhaoming, spokesman of the Foreign Liaison Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, announced on January 7 that at the invitation of the CPC, Secretary General of the Japanese Liberal Democratic Party Mori Yamayu and Secretary General of the Komeito Party Shihita would lead the delegation of the ruling Japanese party to visit China from January 13 to 15. Both sides will jointly hold the 9th meeting of the China Japan ruling party exchange mechanism

On January 7, the website of Russia's Sputnik News Agency quoted an earlier report from Kyodo News Agency, saying that China Japan relations sources attach great importance to the exchange mechanism of the ruling party, believing that "this is a platform different from intergovernmental exchanges, which eliminates misunderstandings and confirms real ideas". Japanese diplomatic sources emphasized that "political party exchanges have become more important in order to open up channels for dialogue

According to reports, the eighth meeting of the China Japan ruling party exchange mechanism was held in Japan in October 2018