President says China ready to work with Japan for relations promotion 　

　　TOKYO, May 8 (Xinhua) -- Visiting Chinese President Hu Jintao on Thursday expressed China's readiness to work with Japan to achieve new progress in developing the strategic and mutually beneficial bilateral relations and made a five-point proposal on furthering the ties. Full story

　　Chinese president: China to continue along path of peaceful development 　　

　　TOKYO, May 8 (Xinhua) -- China will continue its progress along the path of peaceful development, which is a strategic choice made by the Chinese government and people, visiting Chinese President Hu Jintao said here Thursday.

　　China firmly adheres to its independent foreign policy of peace and the mutually beneficial strategy of opening-up, and devotes itself to promoting democratization in international relations and pushing forward economic globalization toward the goal of balanced, universal benefit and win-win results, Hu said in his speech at Waseda University. Full story

　　Chinese president makes five-point proposal on furthering China-Japan relations 　　

　　TOKYO, May 8 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Hu Jintao made a five-point proposal on furthering the China-Japan strategic and mutually beneficial relations during a speech at the Waseda University Thursday afternoon.

　　"We reached broad consensus on the deepening of the strategic and mutually beneficial relations between China and Japan in an all-round way and worked out a framework for the long-term stable and healthy development of the bilateral ties" during talks with Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda on Wednesday, Hu said. Full story

　　Chinese president says to invite 100 Japanese university students to visit China 　　

　　TOKYO, May 8 (Xinhua)-- China will invite 100 Japanese students at Tokyo's Waseda University to visit China, Chinese President Hu Jintao said Thursday.

　　Hu announced the plan while delivering a speech at Waseda University. Hu arrived here Tuesday on a five-day state visit, the first ever by China's head of state to Japan in a decade. Full story

　　Hu: China hopes to work with Japan to further strategic, mutually beneficial relations 　　

　　TOKYO, May 8 (Xinhua) -- Visiting Chinese President Hu Jintao said here Thursday that China would work together with Japan to usher in a new prospect for the overall development of the China-Japan strategic and mutually beneficial relations.

　　Hu made the remarks while delivering a speech at the Waseda University. Hu began a trip to Japan on Tuesday, the first-ever visit by China's head of state to the country in a decade. Full story