Chinese and Japanese heads of government on May 31 held talks in Tokyo

Chinese and Japanese heads of government on May 31 held talks in Tokyo, formally launched the implementation of the principle of consensus on East China Sea talks intergovernmental agreement on exchange of letters.

This is China and Japan on East China Sea in 2008, following the principle of consensus reached in the concrete implementation of further important step. At the same time, in order to enhance mutual trust between the two countries in the East China Sea to prevent possible friction, Chinese and Japanese leaders agreed to: reconstruction of the Japanese Prime Minister hotline, formally launched the implementation of the principle of consensus in the East China Sea issue of exchange of notes between the government negotiations, the establishment of the two defense sector maritime liaison mechanism, maritime search and rescue agreement signing.

Sino-Japanese East China Sea issue of long-running dispute. 60 years of the 20th century, the United Nations Department of Energy released a survey report, which predicted the East China Sea may contain a large amount of oil and gas resources. Although before that Chinese and Japanese governments are Foreign claimed sovereignty over the East China Sea, but also triggered many disputes, but they are only play a minor action. However, the report is released, the two countries in the East China Sea dispute on the issue continued to heat up, began to declare to the outside world its sovereignty in the East China Sea. At the same time, "United Nations Convention," the provisions of the marine division of sovereignty, China and Japan has become in one of the causes of this issue. But the key in the East China Sea East China Sea issue on how the border demarcation. Moreover, with China and Japan have disputes on this issue increasingly heated, the issue has become the focus of international attention.

China and Japan and the Asian economic power, the same is imported energy, particularly oil and natural gas, to promote their economic activities. But the gap between China and Japan hold the East China Sea is difficult to estimate the oil and gas, marine and other resources. Estimates for the East China Sea natural gas reserves, the parties are not the same, the gap significantly.