On March 22, 2025 local time, Member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Foreign Minister Wang Yi met the press with Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya and Foreign Minister of the Republic of Korea (ROK) Cho Tae-yul after attending the 11th China-Japan-ROK Trilateral Foreign Ministers' meeting in Tokyo.

Wang Yi said, China, Japan and the ROK fully affirmed the positive progress made in trilateral cooperation since the ninth Trilateral Summit Meeting among China, Japan and the ROK. The three countries agreed that against the backdrop of an evolving and turbulent international landscape and sluggish recovery of the world economy, it is necessary and responsible for China, Japan and the ROK to further strengthen communication, enhance mutual trust, deepen cooperation, and provide more stabilizing factors for regional peace and development.

First, consolidate the momentum of cooperation. The three countries will stay true to the original aspiration of cooperation, focus on the Trilateral Cooperation Vision for the Next Decade, and expand their cooperation to new areas, cultivate new growth drivers, and create new highlights of cooperation on the basis of implementing the cooperation centered on six key areas determined by the Trilateral Summit Meeting last year. The three countries had useful communication on holding the 10th China-Japan-ROK Trilateral Summit Meeting this year, and will strive to create favorable conditions and atmosphere for this purpose.

Second, promote regional economic integration. The three countries will continue to communicate on restarting the negotiations on the trilateral free trade agreement, promoting the expansion of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), and maintaining the stability and smooth flow of regional industrial and supply chains. The three countries will keep pace with the times to become Asia's pace-setter in scientific and technological innovation and advance the development of new quality productive forces.

Third, deepen exchanges and mutual learning. The three countries will hold the China-Japan-ROK Year of Cultural Exchange from 2025 to 2026, strive to increase the number of people-to-people exchanges among the three countries to 40 million by 2030, and consolidate the foundation of popular support for trilateral cooperation. The three countries will strengthen cooperation in social welfare, green and low-carbon development and other fields to deliver more and better benefits to the people of the countries.

Fourth, enhance multilateral cooperation. The three countries will strengthen coordination and cooperation under mechanisms such as ASEAN Plus Three and the East Asia Summit, promote  "Trilateral+X Cooperation" to the surrounding areas, and drive common development in the region. The three countries will support each other in hosting APEC meetings, advance open regionalism, uphold multilateralism and free trade, and push for a more universally beneficial and inclusive economic globalization.

The three countries fully affirmed the work of the Trilateral Cooperation Secretariat, and agreed to extend the term of the Secretariat's Consultative Board, looking forward to the Secretariat playing a greater role in promoting trilateral cooperation.