Japan Foreign Minister Lin Fangzheng's original visit to China will be postponed to next year.

Comprehensive Japan Broadcasting Association (NHK) and Nikkei Chinese website reported on Thursday (December 22) that Japanese foreign minister Lin Fangzheng originally plannedEssenceHowever, due to the embarrassment of the Chinese side's arrangement of this itinerary, Lin Fang's plan to visit China will be postponed until the beginning of next year.

In November, the Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Wenxiong and the Chinese President Xi Jinping held a head of talks in Thailand. This is the first face -to -face talks held by the two leaders in three years.

The two parties have unanimously stated in the talks that in order to promote the development of bilateral relations, the two countries will carry out close communication at all levels including the heads.Later, Lin Fang began to plan to visit China. He originally planned to go to China as soon as late December to hold talks with Wang Yi.

According to the relevant people of the Japanese government, China contacted the Japanese side that it was difficult to receive Lin Fang this year.For this reason, Lin Fangzheng's visit to China will be postponed until the beginning of next year.

It is reported that the expansion of China's domestic crown disease is one of the reasons for Lin Fang's visit to China.China loosen the epidemic prevention measures in early December, and the number of domestic infections increased.

This is the Japanese Foreign Minister's visit to China since December 2019.The Japanese government hopes to continue to talk with China to improve bilateral relations and look forward to taking the opportunity of foreign ministers as an opportunity to activate the ministerial -level "Japanese -China Economic High -level Dialogue" and other dialogue mechanisms.To this end, the Japanese government continued to coordinate with Lin Fang's visit to China.

According to the Global Times, Lin Fang is intending to visit China this month, and the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesman Wang Wenbin responded at a regular press conference on December 14: "Maintain each between China and Japan.H & -interact, constructing the stability and constructive Sino -Japanese relations that meet the requirements of the new era are in line with the interests of the two countries. Regarding the specific interview arrangements you mentioned, there is no news that I can provide at present. "