2010-06-08 20:26

BEIJING - China hopes to see sound, stable and sustained development of relations with Japan, which is in the fundamental interests of the two peoples and the region, Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang said here Tuesday.

Qin made the remarks at a regular press briefing while commenting on Japan's new cabinet.

The Cabinet of Japan's newly-elected Prime Minister Naoto Kan formally began Tuesday after an attestation ceremony at Japan's Imperial Palace.

Qin said Kan attaches great importance to Japan-China relations and that China highly appreciates that.

China hopes to work with Japan to continuously advance their strategic relationship of mutual benefit, Qin said.

China hopes the two countries will fully implement the consensus reached during Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao's recent visit to Japan, so as to realize the two nations' friendship for generations and to seek a win-win situation of mutual benefit and common development, Qin said.

Qin said China and Japan enjoy increasingly integrated interests and close people-to-people exchanges.

Quoting Premier Wen, Qin said the basis of China-Japan friendship is good relations between the two peoples.

The two countries should further strengthen their bonds of interests, continue to deepen the friendship between their peoples, which is the fundamental guarantee for stable and long-term growth of China-Japan relations, he said.

"We would like to make joint efforts with Japan in this regard," he said.

Newly-elected Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) chief Naoto Kan became Japan's new prime minister after being approved by Japan's two-chamber Diet on June 4.

Premier Wen sent a telegraph to Kan congratulating him on his election on the same day.