On July 26, 2024 local time, Wang Yi, member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Foreign Minister, met with Japanese Foreign Minister Yoko Uekawa in Vientiane.

Wang Yi said that in the past two years, the two sides have jointly commemorated the 50th anniversary of the normalization of diplomatic relations and the 45th anniversary of the conclusion of the China-Japan Treaty of Peace and Friendship. In November last year, President Xi Jinping and Prime Minister Fumio Kishida held a meeting in San Francisco, reconfirming the comprehensive promotion of strategic and mutually beneficial relations, reaching important consensus on building a constructive and stable China-Japan relationship that meets the requirements of the new era, and clarifying the development of bilateral relations. The direction of efforts. In May this year, Premier Li Qiang and Prime Minister Kishida held a meeting during the China-Japan-ROK Leaders 'Meeting in Seoul and reached an agreement on further implementing the outcomes of the San Francisco meeting. Both sides should use these consensuses as a guide to promote China-Japan relations to overcome difficulties and eliminate interference, and to proceed on the right path, steadily and long-term.

Wang Yi said that China-Japan relations are currently at a critical stage where they either advance or retreat. China's policy toward Japan has always maintained stability and continuity. It is hoped that Japan will establish an objective and correct understanding of China and pursue a positive and rational policy towards China. The two sides move towards each other, safeguard the political foundation of bilateral relations, strengthen mutually beneficial cooperation, properly manage differences, and truly implement strategic and mutually beneficial relations.

Yoko Uekawa said that Japan and China have reconfirmed the comprehensive promotion of strategic and mutually beneficial relations, and exchanges between the two sides have increased at all levels. Japanese people are delighted and have high hopes for this, and hope to enhance the friendly feelings between the younger generation of the two countries. Japan is committed to implementing the important consensus reached by the leaders of the two countries and building a constructive and stable Japan-China relationship. Japan's one-China stance has not changed. Japan-China cooperation has extensive fields and huge potential. At the same time, there are also outstanding issues. Japan's semiconductor export restrictions are not targeted at any specific country and is willing to maintain constructive communication with China and properly handle them. Faced with the challenges of global and regional conflicts, Japan is willing to work with China to promote regional stability and prosperity.

Wang Yi also reiterated China's position on the discharge of Fukushima nuclear-contaminated water into the sea, emphasizing that effective participation and independent sampling of stakeholders should be ensured, and a long-term international monitoring mechanism should be established.