A reception of the Chinese-Japanese youngsters' communication conference was held in Beijing Thursday to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the normalization of Sino-Japanese relations.
The communication conference is jointly held by the All-China Youth Federation and the Mainichi Communications Inc. of Japan. The two institutes have jointly held 10 communication activities between Chinese and Japanese youngsters so far.
A group of 409 Japanese youngsters, arriving in Beijing Tuesday, will have face-to-face exchange programs with 800 Chinese students from 14 schools and colleges in sports, dancing and music on 21 occasions during their five-day stay in Beijing. The young Chinese and Japanese will stage three performances.
(Xinhua News Agency December 27, 2002)