Bo Xilai, China’s Minister of Commerce, said that China’s trade policy towards Japan remains unchanged, but reminded the prolonged “disharmony in political relations” between China and Japan would hurt bilateral trade and economic cooperation.
“The Chinese government holds a positive attitude towards enforcing China-Japan economic and trade cooperation,” Bo said in an interview with local press, noting that in the era of economic globalization, developing economic and trade cooperation is the internal needs of China and Japan and benefits the fundamental interests of the two sides.