Japan Broadcasting Association (NHK) 20181KLOC-0/October 23rd said that the Japanese government hoped that the "government development assistance" to China, which lasted for 40 years, would end this year. In the future, Japan will explore new ways of cooperation on the basis of equality, establish a "development cooperation dialogue" and seek cooperation by supporting developing countries. According to the report, Japanese "Government Development Assistance" (ODA) to China began in the second year of China's reform and opening up 1979.
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Japan's aid to China is mainly used for infrastructure such as roads, airports, power stations, environmental policies and personnel training, as well as the construction of Sino-Japanese friendship hospitals and the reconstruction after the Sichuan earthquake in 2008, which has become the pillar supporting Sino-Japanese relations. Now China has surpassed Japan to become the second largest economic power in the world, and more and more Japanese are questioning this aid.
NHK said that during Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's visit to China, he planned to discuss with China the issue of providing the last free financial support and technical support at the end of this year and not continuing to provide it. According to the report, in the future, China plans to discuss with the Japanese government the supply of infrastructure in third countries on an equal footing and re-establish a "development cooperation dialogue" to support developing countries.
World Wide Web-Japanese media: The Japanese government wants to stop its development assistance to the China government and will discuss it with China.