Premier Wen Jiabao, the first member of China's top leadership to visit Japan in six years, and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will sign a
communique on their broad bilateral relationship but will emphasise their focus with a separate agreement on environment and energy
conservation co-operation, the Australian reports on Monday.
Mr Wen has described his visit as "ushering in a new era of China-Japan relations", which in the first half of this decade had
deteriorated to their worst state since diplomatic relations were "normalised" 35 years ago.
deteriorated to their worst state since diplomatic relations were "normalised" 35 years ago.
Writing in the China Daily on Tuesday, Goshi Sato, an expert on environmental economics writes: "Polluted air and water reach Japanese
shores across the sea. The solution to the Chinese environmental problem is important not only for Japan but also the global
community."
Both governments do share a sense of urgency about China's environmental and energy conservation problems, areas where the
Japanese are world leaders.
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