Greater trust with Japan urged

China and Japan should step up mutual political trust and see bilateral relations as a partnership rather than representing any threat, Premier Li Keqiang said on Thursday.

Li's remark came as he and visiting Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe each delivered a speech at a reception to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the Treaty of China-Japan Peace and Friendship.

Abe arrived in Beijing on Thursday to start his three-day official visit to China, which is the first official trip to China by a Japanese prime minister in seven years.