This is the 17th consecutive year that Wu Weishan, a world-renowned Chinese artist and the director of the National Art Museum of China, participated in the two sessions - one of the most important annual political gatherings that set the tone for the country s policy priorities in a wide range of fields from the economy and society to cultural development.
On Wednesday a bronze statue of the Tang Dynasty (618-907) monk Jianzhen, who brought Buddhism to Japan, was unveiled in central Tokyo as a symbol of peaceful and friendly relations between China and Japan, to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the normalization of diplomatic relations in 2022.