China's Vice Foreign Minister Sun Weidong met with Japan's State Minister for Foreign Affairs Tsuge Yoshifumi on Monday, and the two sides exchanged views on China-Japan relations and issues of mutual interest.

The two sides reiterated their stance of valuing and growing China-Japan relations. They also agreed to work together to deliver on the important common understandings between the two countries' leaders and comprehensively advance the strategic relationship of mutual benefit.

Speaking on the recent death of a boy from the Shenzhen Japanese School, the two sides acknowledged each other's effort to properly and calmly handle the tragic incident. They agreed to maintain communication to prevent it from negatively affecting bilateral ties.