As important media organizations in China and Japan, Xinhua News Agency and Kyodo News have witnessed and participated in the development of bilateral relations. The cooperation between Xinhua News Agency and Kyodo News is solid and fruitful, Fu said.

Fu added that Xinhua News Agency is willing to further strengthen exchanges and cooperation with Kyodo News to jointly promote people-to-people exchanges and contribute to the steady and long-term development of China-Japan relations.

Noting that the two organizations are both initiators of the World Media Summit, Fu welcomed Mizutani to attend the fifth edition of this summit in China and thanked Kyodo News for its strong support for the development of the summit mechanism.

Expressing gratitude for the invitation to attend the fifth edition of the summit, Mizutani said he expects the two media organizations to further their already solid partnership and enhance personnel exchanges.