Bilateral Cooperation

Updated: 2005-04-06 14:32

Economic Cooperation

(1)China- Japan Trade

Japan is our greatest trade partner, while China remains as the second biggest to Japan. According to the statistics of the Chinese Customs, the China- Japan trade volume in the year 2000 was US$83.166 billion, 25.7% bigger than the year before.China's export to and import from Japan recorded US$41.654 billion and US$41.512 million, increasing respectively by 28.5% and 22.9% compared with those of the previous year.

(2) Japanese Direct Investment in China

In the first part of 2001, Japan's investment in China enjoyed a relatively fast speed.The agreed investment was US$2.9 billion and the actual figure was US$1.9 billion, up 86% and 26% respectively compared with the same period of the year before.

Up till the end of 2000, there were 20340 Japanese investment projects in China with a total of US$38.634 billion and an actual figure of US$28.161 billion.

(3) Japanese Government Funded Financial and Technology Cooperation

a. Japanese Governmental Loan to China

The annual Japanese governmental loans to China accounted for over 40% , which ranked the first, of all the financial cooperation between other foreign governments and China. Since the year 1979, Japan had provided four batches of governmental loans to China, adding up to an amount of 2.646137 trillion Japanese Yen.

b. Energy Loans

From 1979 to March 1995, Japan provided three batches of energy loans to China, totaling at 1.7 trillion Japanese Yen.

The volume of the first batch of energy loans:

420 billion Japanese Yen.

The volume of the second batch of energy loans:

580 billion Japanese Yen.

The volume of the third batch of energy loans:

700 billion Japanese Yen.

c Japanese Free Aid

From 1979 to March, 2000, the Japanese government provided China with free aid totaling at 1.15356 trillion Japanese Yen.

d. Trade Surplus Loans

In 1988 and 1994 respectively, Japanese Export & Import Bank

Scientific & Technological Exchange and Cooperation

Non-governmental scientific and technological exchanges between China and Japan were launched in early 1960's, which were conducted mainly through seminars. At that time, Japanese technicians used to come to China to introduce Japanese new practical technology and discuss with Chinese technicians. The scale of this kind of exchanges has gradually expanded each year. This channel, kept until mid-70s' , became one of the most important channels for Chinese technicians to gain knowledge about the development of the science and technology in the world.

Since the normalization of bilateral relations, the Japanese International Cooperation Agency (JICA), the operating organization for science & technology cooperation between the Japanese government and the developing countries, started to establish contacts with China. In 1979, Japan sent a scientific delegation to China for a study tour. In May, 1980, the two governments signed an agreement for scientific and technological cooperation.

Sino-Japanese scientific and technological cooperation has so far witnessed long-standing progress and has become an important element for the bilateral cooperation and contacts. The cooperation between the two governments in this field includes five aspects: bilateral agreements of scientific and technological cooperation, cooperation in the areas of environmental protection and nuclear energy, cooperation through JICA and cooperation between the involved departments of the two governments. Non-governmental scientific and technological exchanges have also grown to a quite extensive scale. Chinese delegations and groups consisting of 10,000 personnel have been sent to Japan annually for this purpose.

Cultural Exchange

There has been non- governmental cultural exchanges since the founding of the People's Republic of China. The forms included art performance, exhibition on arts and relics, academic and personnel exchange, etc.

Since the normalization of diplomatic ties of the two countries in September 1972, and with the development of the bilateral relations, the cultural relations between the two governments have been established and strengthened. As stated in Article 3 of the Treaty of Peace and Friendship concluded in August 12, 1978, " in the spirit of good neighborliness and friendship and in accordance with the principles of mutual benefit and non-interference in each other's internal affairs, the Contracting parties shall foster contacts and endeavors involving the peoples of the two countries with a view to furthering economic and cultural relations between the two countries." On December 6, 1979, Huang Zhen, the Minister of Chinese Cultural Ministry and Saburo Ookita (?????), Japanese Foreign Minister signed the "Agreement for Promoting Cultural Exchanges between the government of the People's Republic of China" and the government of Japan" in Beijing. The two sides agreed to develop bilateral cooperation in the fields of culture, education, academic and sports. Through the concerted efforts of the two sides, cultural exchanges and cooperation have enjoyed all-round development. The recent years have witnessed the emergence of multi-channel, multi-facet, multi-form cultural exchanges at both the governmental and non-governmental levels. It tops all the cultural exchanges between China and the other countries with cultural links with China in terms of scale, scope, content and frequency.

The recent years have witnessed the emergence of multi-channel, multi-facet, multi-form cultural exchanges at both the governmental and non-governmental levels. Cutural exchanges have ranged from those art forms such as music, dance, drama, film, painting, calligraphy, library, museum, relics, archaeology, photography, Chinese folk art, folk custom, literature, mass culture, etc. to various fields such as education, press, publishing, broadcasting, television, sports, sanitation, science & technology, religion, architecture, etc. The cultural exchanges and cooperation between the two countries have achieved all- round development. It tops all the cultural exchanges between China and the other countries with cultural links with China in terms of scale, scope, content and frequency

The Chinese Cultural Ministry co-hosted large- scale cultural exhibitions with Japan named Touring Japan' 99 in September 1999. The Japanese Embassy in China hosted activities to mark the Year of Sino-Japanese Friendship and Culture. These activities played an active role in enhancing the mutual understanding and friendship of the two peoples. In September, 2000, cultural exchange between the two countries further deepened. China held an Chinese National Treasure exhibition in Japan which produced good effects.

Military Exchange & Cooperation

The two sides established the military attache's office in each other's country in 1974. The bilateral military exchanges started at the end of 70s', and kept growing healthily before 1989. Such exchanges were suspended for some time after 1989. In 1995, the high level military exchanges resumed as Tetsuya Nishimoto, Japanese Chairman of Joint Staff Meeting visited China.

The year 2000 witnessed continuous progress in the bilateral military exchanges. In the first ten-day period of April, Member of the Central Military Commission and Chief of General Staff of PLA Fu Quanyou paid an official good-will visit at invitation. In the last ten-day period of June, Chairman of the Self-Defense Forces Joint Staff Meeting visited China. In the second ten-day period of October, Chairman of General Staff of Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF) visited China. In november, General Xiong Guangkai, Deputy Chief of General Staff of the People's Liberation Army went to Japan to hold the annual defense consultation with Permanent Deputy Director General of the Japanese Defense Agency Ema Seiji.

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