After exploring the economic, political, social and cultural
circumstances of China's business hub of Shanghai for two days, the
200-odd member Japanese delegation left?Shanghai Saturday for
northwest China's Lanzhou to continue their week-long China
tour.
The delegation, composed of descendants and representatives of
the Japanese participants of the largest-ever Japan-China youth
gathering in 1984, started the visit as part of the two countries'
efforts to carry on friendship from generation to generation.
Led by former Japanese Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone, members
of the delegation had exchanges with youth and personages of
various circles during their stay in Shanghai.
They visited Shanghai Stock Exchange, whose trading shares are
covered by the country's benchmark Shanghai Composite Index, and
Bao Steel Co. Ltd, the Shanghai-based industry heavyweight.
Besides, they also visited an agricultural and gardening base as
well as some local families and communities, engaging in cultural
activities, including playing diabolo, calligraphy and ikebana.
Their Shanghai stay was further enriched by trips to the city's
bar association, media, university, TV tower and museums.
The visit is also part of the activities celebrating the 2007
China-Japan Culture and Sports Year.
In the fall of 1984, 3,000 Japanese young people visited China,
making it the largest foreign group China had ever received. The
event was described as unprecedented in the history of China-Japan
friendship.
Besides Shanghai and Lanzhou, the Japanese delegation will also
visit Beijing.
(Xinhua News Agency June 16, 2007)