More Chinese are optimistic about their country’s relationship with Japan, and more recognize the importance of bilateral relations, according to the 2018 Report on Public Opinions of China-Japan relationship, published in Tokyo on Oct 11. The result is in line with the good momentum in bilateral relations
Gao Anming, vice-president of China International Publishing Group, talked about the survey data, methodologies and main findings at the launching conference. The survey, conducted from Aug 27 to Sept 11, involved 1,548 urban residents of Beijing, Shanghai and eight other Chinese cities. The survey was jointly conducted by China International Publishing Group and the Japanese nonprofit Genron, constituting a key part of the Tokyo-Beijing Forum. A poll in Japan was carried out from Sept 1 to 22 on 1,000 participants, and respondents also had a better impression on China.
The results showed that 74 percent of Chinese respondents said China-Japan relations are “important” or “relatively important”, and 61.5 percent said the two countries could complement each other in economics. On “which instrument should play a key role in future bilateral economic cooperation, thus jointly safeguarding global free trade”, 46.1 percent of Chinese participants ticked “reaching a China-Japan-South Korea free trade agreement as soon as possible”, and 43.7 percent chose the Belt and Road Initiative.
This year is the 40th anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of Peace and Friendship between China and Japan. In May Chinese Premier Li Keqiang paid a visit to Japan, and in September Chinese President Xi Jinping met Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in Vladivostok, Russia.
More Chinese are optimistic about their country’s relationship with Japan, and more recognize the importance of bilateral relations, according to the 2018 Report on Public Opinions of China-Japan relationship, published in Tokyo on Oct 11. The result is in line with the good momentum in bilateral relations
Gao Anming, vice-president of China International Publishing Group, talked about the survey data, methodologies and main findings at the launching conference. The survey, conducted from Aug 27 to Sept 11, involved 1,548 urban residents of Beijing, Shanghai and eight other Chinese cities. The survey was jointly conducted by China International Publishing Group and the Japanese nonprofit Genron, constituting a key part of the Tokyo-Beijing Forum. A poll in Japan was carried out from Sept 1 to 22 on 1,000 participants, and respondents also had a better impression on China.
The results showed that 74 percent of Chinese respondents said China-Japan relations are “important” or “relatively important”, and 61.5 percent said the two countries could complement each other in economics. On “which instrument should play a key role in future bilateral economic cooperation, thus jointly safeguarding global free trade”, 46.1 percent of Chinese participants ticked “reaching a China-Japan-South Korea free trade agreement as soon as possible”, and 43.7 percent chose the Belt and Road Initiative.
This year is the 40th anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of Peace and Friendship between China and Japan. In May Chinese Premier Li Keqiang paid a visit to Japan, and in September Chinese President Xi Jinping met Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in Vladivostok, Russia.
