On November 26, 2023 local time, Member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Foreign Minister Wang Yi attended the Tenth China-Japan-ROK Trilateral Foreign Ministers' Meeting with ROK Foreign Minister Park Jin and Japanese Foreign Minister Kamikawa Yoko in Busan, the Republic of Korea (ROK).

Wang Yi said, China-Japan-ROK cooperation has become the multilateral cooperation framework with the highest degree of institutionalization, the widest coverage and the richest connotation in East Asia, which has effectively served the development of the three countries and benefited the people in the region. The development history of China-Japan-ROK cooperation shows that the trilateral cooperation has a solid foundation, strong demand, huge potential and broad prospects. Facing the accelerated evolution of changes unseen in a century and the slow recovery of the world economy, China, Japan and the ROK should take a more enterprising attitude and play a positive role in promoting regional and global development. Following the policy of forging friendships and partnerships with its neighbors, China will continue to work with the ROK and Japan to bring the trilateral cooperation back on the right track, maintain sound, stable and sustainable development, and make new contributions to regional and world peace and prosperity.

Wang Yi pointed out that as the three sides carry on from a new starting point, it is necessary to review the history and achievements of China-Japan-ROK cooperation, stay committed to the original aspiration and set the course, and stick to the implementation of the leaders' common understandings on the China-Japan-ROK Trilateral Cooperation Vision for the Next Decade, among others. The top priority is to continue to follow the spirit of facing history squarely and being forward-looking, respect each other's development path and core interests, properly handle sensitive issues and maintain sound bilateral relations, so as to lay a solid foundation for promoting a comprehensive restart of trilateral cooperation featuring steady and long-term progress. In the long run, the three countries need to take into account the new situation, new pattern and new environment, and create new dimensions, new missions and new areas for trilateral cooperation.

Wang Yi emphasized that the three countries should stick to advocating mutual benefit and win-win results, restart negotiations on the trilateral free trade agreement among China, Japan and the ROK as soon as possible, maintain the momentum of regional economic integration, improve the multi-channel and multi-level regional free trade arrangements, and contribute to the common goal of pushing for a Free Trade Area of the Asia-Pacific. The three countries should stick to deepening scientific and technological innovation, strengthening cooperation in frontier scientific and technological fields such as big data, blockchain and artificial intelligence, jointly maintaining stable and unimpeded industrial and supply chains as well as optimizing and upgrading them, and enhancing the resilience of regional production networks. The three countries should stick to strengthening exchanges and mutual learning, expanding the scale of people-to-people and cultural exchanges, stepping up efforts to facilitate people-to-people exchanges, and enhancing the understanding and friendship between the people of the three countries, especially young people. The three countries should stick to enhancing the resilience of development, increasing exchanges and cooperation in addressing aging and other areas, joining hands to tackle climate change, and creating new growth areas. The three countries should stick to boosting common development and building more "China-Japan-ROK plus X" cooperation projects with neighboring and other countries and regions in need by continuing to uphold the principles of voluntarism, equality, openness, win-win results, transparency and sustainability, in a bid to promote common and sustainable development in the region and beyond.

Park Jin and Kamikawa Yoko spoke positively of the progress made in China-Japan-ROK cooperation, believing that the three countries are inseparable neighbors and trilateral cooperation is of great significance and great potential. Facing the new situation, the three countries should review the original aspiration of cooperation, strengthen communication and exchanges, promote cooperation in various fields, and bring more tangible results to the people of the three countries. The three parties can carry out future-oriented and substantive cooperation in the fields of economy and trade, science and technology, digital transformation, people-to-people and cultural exchanges, environmental protection and aging, and continuously expand common interests. China-Japan-ROK cooperation can go beyond Northeast Asia and play a positive role in the peace and prosperity of the region and the world. The three sides should actively promote "China-Japan-ROK plus X cooperation" with an open attitude to benefit more countries and regions.

The three sides agreed to create conditions for the China-Japan-ROK leaders' meeting and step up relevant preparatory work.

The three parties had an exchange of views on international and regional issues of mutual interest and concern. Wang Yi pointed out that facing the changing and turbulent international situation, China, Japan and the ROK, as important countries in the Asia-Pacific region, should focus on the peaceful development of Asia-Pacific and the interests of the people in the region to deepen regional cooperation, jointly cope with risks and challenges, and safeguard regional peace and prosperity. The three countries should serve as "pacesetters" of East Asia cooperation, drive East Asia cooperation through trilateral cooperation, adhere to open regionalism, oppose drawing ideological lines, and resist turning regional cooperation into bloc politics. The three countries should serve as "stabilizers" for safeguarding regional peace and security, act on the vision of common, comprehensive, cooperative and sustainable security, and stick to resolving differences and disputes through dialogue and consultation and by peaceful means. The three countries should serve as "relief valves" in resolving hotspot issues. Noting that the continued tension on the Korean Peninsula serves no one's interests, Wang Yi said the urgent priority is to cool down the situation, create necessary conditions for the resumption of dialogue and take meaningful actions to this end.

On the sidelines of the meeting, Wang Yi also held bilateral meetings with ROK Foreign Minister Park Jin and Japanese Foreign Minister Kamikawa Yoko, respectively.