On August 17th, Vice President Mr. Liu Shijin met with a Japanese delegation headed Mr. Hideo Hiraoka, Senior Vice Minister for Cabinet Office of Japan. Both sides exchanged their views on each country’s economic performance and medium and long-term development strategies, and particularly they had an in-depth discussion on the economic recovery policies and areas for Sino-Japan reciprocal cooperation. Mr. Lan Weiban, Deputy Director General and Ms. Yu Jun, Division Chief of International Cooperation Department of DRC were present at the meeting.