China expects that high-level exchanges with Japan will take place later this year and hopes the two countries can boost mutual confidence by disseminating "correct" information to the Japanese public, according to a Chinese Embassy spokesman.
In what the embassy says will be the first of regular monthly news conferences, spokesman Deng Wei said Wednesday that maintaining normal exchanges between Japanese and Chinese leaders is "very important for the development of bilateral ties."
In the past, representatives met the press only to address special events, such as the Sichuan Province earthquake and the Beijing Olympics, both in 2008.