人民解放軍幹部、５年ぶり来日　日中制服組が交流

　中国人民解放軍の幹部らが日中制服組交流事業の一環で５年ぶりに来日し、１６日に東京都内のホテルで歓迎会が開かれた。南西諸島などで緊張が続く中、当局者同士が関係構築を図り、危機管理につなげる狙いがある。
　訪日団は少将１人を含む２０人。１４～２０日の日程で自衛隊基地の視察などを行っている。歓迎会であいさつした訪日団団長の張保群陸軍少将は「世界は新しい動揺と変革の時期に入っている」と指摘。「分裂と対抗、閉鎖のゼロサムゲームが招く共倒れを回避しなければならない」と訴え、関係構築の意義を強調した。（2024/05/16-20:17）

Chinese People's Liberation Army officers attended a welcome event in Tokyo on Thursday during their first visit to Japan under a bilateral uniformed officer exchange program in five years.
   The visit is expected to help develop ties between Chinese and Japanese authorities and improve crisis management, at a time when tensions continue around areas including Japan's southwestern remote islands.
   The 20-member delegation, led by Maj. Gen. Zhang Baoqun, arrived in Japan on Tuesday for a seven-day visit that includes an inspection of a Japanese Self-Defense Force base.
   At the welcome event, Zhang said in a speech that the world is entering a new period of turmoil and change. Stressing the significance of relationship-building, he said that the two countries must avoid a situation in which both suffer from the zero-sum game of division, confrontation and isolation.
   The exchange program was launched by Japan's Sasakawa Peace Foundation in 2001. It was suspended from 2020 to 2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but was resumed last year with the Japanese side's visit to China.