On November 23th, Tang Jiaxuan, the president of China-Japan Friendship Association (CJFA) and Li Xiaolin, the president of the Chinese People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries (CPAFFC), met with Hiromasa Yonekura, Chairman of Japan Business Federation and his Party. Fu Ying, the Chinese Vice Foreign Minister, Jing Dunquan, the vice president of the CPAFFC, Nakamura Yoshio，Director General of Japan Business Federation and YOSHIMASA Takao, executive vice president of SUMITOMO CHEMICAL Co., LTD were present.

Tang Jiaxuan highly praised Hiromasa’s distinguished contribution on promoting the development of the economic and trading relations between the two countries, and the great efforts Hiromasa had made when China-Japan relations facing the severe situation. He said, Hiromasa was totally worthy of the honorable title of China-Japan Friendship Ambassador.

Hiromasa appreciated the two presidents for setting time for the meeting out of their tight schedules. He said, in current severe situation, Japan Business Federation would stand with belief of friendship and overcome difficulties to work with the CPAFFC and CJFA, and persistently carry out people-to-people friendly exchanges for volunteers and youths of the two countries, aiming for pushing the mutual relation back to normal sooner.