The seventh meeting of China-Japan ruling party exchanges mechanism was held on Monday and Tuesday in southeast China's Fujian Province.

Senior members of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and representatives of Japan's ruling coalition, formed by the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and its coalition partner, Komeito, discussed politics, the economy and people-to-people exchanges.

Song Tao, head of the International Department of the CPC Central Committee, said that the ruling parties of the two countries should implement the important consensus reached by their respective leaders, cement mutual political trust, properly handle their differences, enhance cooperation and reinforce people-to-people exchanges, so as to improve bilateral relations and ensure they are developing in a sound way.

Secretary general of the LDP Toshihiro Nikai, secretary general of Komeito Yoshihisa Inoue, and Sadayuki Sakakibara, chairman of the Japan Business Federation (Keidanren), agreed that the meeting was of great significance in advancing mutual political trust and helping improve bilateral ties.

The Japanese representatives said they are ready to work with the Chinese side to strengthen cooperation and exchanges, in order to accumulate favorable conditions for the improvement of bilateral relations.