To live with a smile: That is the message Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao left with a Japanese family that lost almost all of its possessions in the devastating March earthquake and tsunami.
Economists said the sooner a trilateral free-trade agreement (FTA) can be concluded among China, Japan and South Korea, the better it will be for a robust and sustainable growth in the region.
China is ready to extend more aid to Japan in its disaster relief endeavor, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said when he toured Japan's most severely hit disaster region on Saturday.
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao visits disaster-ravaged Fukushima on May 21, 2011.
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao (C, front) visits the area damaged by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in Natori city, Japan, May 21, 2011.
China is ready to extend more material and economic support to Japan in its disaster relief task, and will consider more import from the country recently affected by a nuclear crisis, said Premier Wen.
China appreciates Japan's efforts to promote cooperation between China, Japan and the Republic of Korea (ROK) as Japan holds to its plan to host the China-Japan-ROK Leaders Meeting despite the March 11 earthquake.
China is considering more aid for disaster-hit Japan, but needs to discuss this first with the Japanese side.
A group of 180 Chinese tourists will take a chartered plane from Shanghai to Japan on June 2. Their trip to the country marks the start of the recovery of China-Japan tourism since Japan's March 11 earthquake and tsunami.
China looks forward to further improving ties during Premier Wen Jiabao's upcoming visit to Japan.
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said in Beijing Friday that he will visit areas of Japan that were affected by the country's March 11 earthquake and tsunami during an upcoming trip.
The Japanese earthquake has cast a shadow on the production by Japanese companies in China and the impact on bilateral trade will be reflected gradually in the coming months.
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