China's Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing

　　In the year of the 35th anniversary of the normalization of China-Japan diplomatic relations, holding the year of Cultural and Sports Exchanges will strengthen two nations' mutual understanding and friendship and promote the sound and healthy development of Sino-Japanese relations

　　The bilateral relations are entering a new period. To know and understand each other is an updating topic. Our aim is to pushing forward Sino-Japanese relations to a new historic stage.

　　I wish the year of China-Japan Culture and Sports Exchange lots of success.