China willing to continue multi-channel, multi-level exchanges with Japan

BEIJING - China is willing to work with Japan to continue both countries' multi-field, multi-channel, multi-level friendly exchanges, and to further facilitate personnel exchanges, Premier Li Qiang said after a bilateral meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida.

Li said both sides should work together to maintain a stable and smooth industrial supply chain, and the global free trade system, and that development of both are important to each other, the Chinese foreign ministry said in a statement on Monday.

Li also reiterated that the Taiwan issue is the "core of China's core interests", and hoped Japan will "honour its promises and create a positive atmosphere for continuous development of relations". —Reuters