The fourth round of China-Japan strategic talks were held in Japan from Friday to Saturday between Chinese Vice-Foreign Minister Dai Bingguo and his Japanese counterpart Shotaro Yachi.

The talks covered a variety of issues, and the two sides exchanged ideas on how to deal with the challenges to a development of bilateral relations.

 

Chinese Ambassador to Japan Wang Yi, Chinese Foreign Ministry Department of Asian Affairs chief Hu Zhengyue, and Kenichiro Sasae, chief of the Japanese Foreign Ministry's Asia-Oceania bureau also participated in the talks.

 

(Xinhua News Agency February 13, 2006)