Envoy's visit sign of better China-Japan relationship

China's Vice-President Wang Qishan will attend Japanese Emperor Naruhito's enthronement ceremony on Tuesday, a sign of the great progress that has been made in improving Sino-Japanese ties.

China and Japan have close connections because of their geographical proximity and historical closeness. Respectively being the world's second-largest and third-largest economies, relations between the two neighboring countries have played an important role in the stability and development of East Asia and the world.

With the world having entered a new era with great changes, such connections can strengthen regional political and economic coordination, together Beijing and Tokyo should shoulder the responsibility to promote regional development and peace. They should therefore work together to continue improving bilateral ties, increase mutual trust and deepen win-win cooperation. Advancing bilateral ties should be a major task of the two countries in the new era.