Forty-two years ago today, on November 25th, 1983 (October 21st, 1983 in the lunar calendar), China and Japan agreed to expand the three principles of relations to four principles. On November 25th, 1983, the Chinese and Japanese governments unanimously agreed to expand the three principles of Sino-Japanese relations into four principles. These four principles are: peace and friendship, equality and mutual benefit, mutual trust and long-term stability. The two sides also decided to establish the "Sino-Japanese Friendship 21st Century Committee". This was announced to reporters by Qi Huaiyuan, director of the Information Department of the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, who accompanied General Secretary Hu Yaobang on his visit to Japan after the foreign ministers of China and Japan held talks at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the morning. According to reports, Foreign Minister Wu Xueqian said during the talks that Premier Zhao Ziyang put forward three principles of Sino-Japanese relations when he visited Japan in 1982. During his talks with Hu Yaobang on November 24th, Prime Minister Nakasone suggested adding another sentence on the basis of the three principles: "mutual trust". General Secretary Hu Yaobang agrees with this opinion. This was unanimously agreed by the heads of both sides. On November 25th, the foreign ministers of the two countries need to confirm that the principles of future Sino-Japanese relations are: peace and friendship, equality and mutual benefit, mutual trust and long-term stability. In this regard, Foreign Minister Abe fully agreed. During the talks, Wu Xueqian said that during the talks, the two leaders unanimously agreed to establish the "Japan-China Friendship 21st Century Committee" proposed by Prime Minister Nakasone, which we fully agree with. Foreign Minister Abe said that we are very happy that the two sides have confirmed the four principles of Japan-China relations and established the "Japan-China Friendship 21st Century Committee" for this purpose. Abe said that General Secretary Hu Yaobang suggested that the "Japan-China Friendship 21st Century Committee" should include representatives of the old, middle and young people; Japan believes that it should include scholars and representatives of political and economic circles. Wu Xueqian fully agreed with this, and stressed the need for youth representatives to participate. He said that this is because the 21st century belongs to the present youth.