“Being forty and not bewildered” is a famous saying in Confucius’s “ Analects “. With the introduction of reform and openness policies in 1978, China’s economy has undergone a tremendously fast growth for the past 40 years. Recently, due to the already-larger economic scale and the drastic turmoil in the domestic and international environment, there is no denying that there is a slight sense of “wandering” of the economy. However, this sense of “wandering” is inevitable and a must-have when the structure is shifting from quantity to quality; and China, which is in a hurry to enhance domestic demand and to promote innovation, is definitely entering a new economic revolution.
Meanwhile, 2018 marks the 40th anniversary of the signing of the Japan-China Peace and Friendship Treaty. With regard to the Japan-China relationship, Prime Minister Abe has positioned the bilateral relationship as “from competition to cooperation,”; however, China can still absorb and take reference from Japan’s past experience and lessons, including transformation of industrial structure, environmental issues, dealing with the burst of bubble, and trade friction. In a sense, with the 40th anniversary as a turning point, without a doubt, we believe that the Japan-China relationship will enter a new stage, and we are confident that new business opportunities will emerge and increase continuously.