Original title: "Contributing to promoting people to people connectivity"
On December 6, the first three-day China Japan Tourism Forum ended in Beidu, Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan. This is the first large-scale exchange activity after the launch of the China Japan high-level people to people and cultural exchange consultation mechanism. At the forum, the two sides reached a consensus on further strengthening cooperation and interaction between the tourism industry of the two countries, centering on the goal of achieving balanced expansion of personnel exchanges between the two countries as soon as possible and striving to reach 15 million person times as soon as possible. Both sides agreed that strengthening mutual visits between local provinces and cities of the two countries is conducive to enhancing mutual understanding between the two peoples.
Li Jinzao, Vice Minister of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of China, said in his speech at the forum that local exchanges, youth exchanges, and cultural and sports exchanges are the "three bridges" for two-way tourism exchanges between China and Japan. The competent cultural and tourism authorities of the two countries should work together to fully implement the consensus of the first meeting of the China Japan high-level cultural exchange consultation mechanism, and through the implementation of more convenient tourism policies, Pragmatically promote the Asian tourism promotion plan, jointly promote the integrated development and collaborative innovation of culture and tourism, and constantly improve the sense of gain and happiness of the two peoples in cultural and tourism exchanges.
Tourism is an important area of China Japan exchanges and cooperation and personnel exchanges, as well as an important way to enhance mutual understanding and friendly feelings between the two peoples, and has played a positive role in promoting people to people friendship between the two countries. Junbo Nikai, secretary-general of the Liberal Democratic Party of Japan, stressed that Japan attaches great importance to Japan China tourism exchanges and cooperation, and is willing to expand the scale of personnel exchanges, increase tourism publicity, strengthen youth exchanges between the two countries, deepen mutual understanding between the citizens of the two countries, and enhance the friendship between the Japanese people and China in an all-round way through the just launched Japan China high-level people to people exchange and consultation mechanism, And set off a new climax of Japan China friendship.
This year is the year for promoting China Japan youth exchanges, and 2020 is the year for promoting China Japan cultural and sports exchanges. Guo Yan, Minister of the Chinese Embassy in Japan, said that under the new situation, the tourism industry of the two countries should give full play to their own advantages, constantly deepen cooperation, and further expand two-way personnel exchanges. He hoped that Japan would promote more Japanese people to visit China, enhance Japanese people's understanding and cognition of China, drive the simultaneous improvement of national emotional balance, and constantly consolidate the public opinion foundation of China Japan relations.
"I hope to contribute to promoting people to people connectivity through tourism," said Hiroshi Tanagawa, president of the Japan Tourism Association. Ren Zongzhe, director of the Department of Culture and Tourism of Shaanxi Province, and Yutaro Nagasaki, governor of Yamanashi Prefecture of Japan also said that strengthening local sister city exchanges is not only a way to inherit the history of friendship between China and Japan, but also an important channel to enhance mutual understanding between the people. (Reporter Liu Junguo)
People's Daily (December 7, 2019, version 03)
(Editor in charge: Xu Wenjin, Xu Yongxin)
