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LUXEMBOURG-CHINESE NEW YEAR-PERFORMANCE

(230119) -- LUXEMBOURG, Jan. 19, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Tang Jiaxuan performs solo with Chinese folk instrument Guzheng during the "Beauty Beyond Words" 2023 Chinese New Year Dance and Music Show at the Philharmonie Luxembourg concert hall in Luxembourg, Jan. 17, 2023. (Xinhua/Zheng Huansong)

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Tang addresses meeting of Japan-China expert panel

BEIJING, China - Former Chinese Foreign Minister Tang Jiaxuan speaks at a meeting of the New Japan-China Friendship Committee for the 21st Century, the first gathering in over three years, as head of the Chinese side at Beijing's Diaoyutai State Guesthouse on Dec. 3, 2014.

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Japan-China panel of experts hold 1st meeting in 3 yrs

BEIJING, China - Japan Post Holdings Co. President Taizo Nishimuro (L) and former Chinese State Councilor Tang Jiaxuan shake hands at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing on Dec. 3, 2014. They represented each side of the New Japan-China Friendship Committee for the 21st Century, which is expected to formulate a set of proposals for improved bilateral ties. The formal meeting was held for the first time in more than three years. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Ex-China State Councillor Tang meets Hokkaido Gov.

BEIJING, China - Tang Jiaxuan (R), president of the China-Japan Friendship Association and former Chinese state Councillor, shakes hands with Hokkaido Gov. Harumi Takahashi in Beijing on Oct. 18, 2014.

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Ex-Chinese Foreign Minister Tang visits southwestern Japan

KITAKYUSHU, Japan - Former Chinese Foreign Minister Tang Jiaxuan (R) receives a briefing on a joint energy-saving business between the public and private sectors in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on June 8, 2014.

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China-Japan friendly exchange event held in western Japan

FUKUOKA, Japan - Former Chinese Foreign Minister Tang Jiaxuan (standing) addresses an annual Japan-China friendship exchange conference in Fukuoka, southwestern Japan, on June 7, 2014. Tang heads the China-Japan Friendship Association.

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China-Japan friendly exchange event held in western Japan

FUKUOKA, Japan - Former Chinese Foreign Minister Tang Jiaxuan addresses an annual Japan-China friendship exchange conference in Fukuoka, southwestern Japan, on June 7, 2014. Tang heads the China-Japan Friendship Association.

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China official in Japan

NAGASAKI, Japan - Former Chinese State Councilor Tang Jiaxuan visits a Confucian temple in Nagasaki, southwestern Japan, on June 7, 2014.

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China official in Japan

NAGASAKI, Japan - Former Chinese State Councilor Tang Jiaxuan visits a Confucian temple in Nagasaki, southwestern Japan, on June 7, 2014.

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Ex-China Foreign Minister Tang visits museum of friendship

NAGASAKI, Japan - Former Chinese Foreign Minister Tang Jiaxuan (2nd from R) visits a museum dedicated to the friendship between Chinese revolutionary Sun Yat-sen and Shokichi Umeya, a Japanese businessman who supported him, in Nagasaki, southwestern Japan, on June 7, 2014.

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Ex-Chinese state councilor holds seminar in Nagasaki

NAGASAKI, Japan - Former Chinese State Councilor Tang Jiaxuan holds a seminar at Nagasaki University in Nagasaki city on June 6, 2014, exchanging opinions with attendees on economics, environment and peace.

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Japan-China meeting in Nagasaki

NAGASAKI, Japan - Former Chinese State Councilor Tang Jiaxuan (middle row, 2nd from R), head of the China-Japan Friendship Association, and other attendees clap as a two-day meeting of the New Japan-China Friendship Committee for the 21st Century wraps up in Nagasaki, southwestern Japan, on June 6, 2014.

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Nagasaki Gov., ex-Chinese state councilor meet in Nagasaki

NAGASAKI, Japan - Nagasaki Gov. Hodo Nakamura (2nd from L, rear) meets former Chinese State Councilor Tang Jiaxuan (rear L) in Nagasaki City on June 5, 2014.

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Nagasaki Gov., ex-Chinese state councilor meet in Nagasaki

NAGASAKI, Japan - Nagasaki Gov. Hodo Nakamura (center R) meets former Chinese State Councilor Tang Jiaxuan (center L) in Nagasaki City on June 5, 2014.

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New Japan-China friendship panel's informal meeting

NAGASAKI, Japan - The New Japan-China Friendship Committee for the 21st Century holds an informal meeting in Nagasaki City on June 5, 2014, with the attendance of Taizo Nishimuro (2nd from L), president of Japan Post Holding Co., and Former Chinese State Councilor Tang Jiaxuan (2nd from R).

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Japan-China meeting in Nagasaki

NAGASAKI, Japan - Tang Jiaxuan, former Chinese state councilor and head of the China-Japan Friendship Association, speaks at a meeting of the New Japan-China Friendship Committee for the 21st Century in Nagasaki, southwestern Japan, on June 5, 2014.

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Japan-China meeting in Nagasaki

NAGASAKI, Japan - Tang Jiaxuan (middle row, 2nd from R), former Chinese state councilor and head of the China-Japan Friendship Association, attends a meeting of the New Japan-China Friendship Committee for the 21st Century in Nagasaki, southwestern Japan, on June 5, 2014.

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New Japan-China friendship panel's informal meeting

NAGASAKI, Japan - Former Chinese State Councilor Tang Jiaxuan (R) and Taizo Nishimuro, president of Japan Post Holdings Co., shake hands before the start of an informal meeting of the New Japan-China Friendship Committee for the 21st Century in Nagasaki City on June 5, 2014.

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Keidanren head meets ex-Chinese State Councilor Tang

TOKYO, Japan - Hiromasa Yonekura (L), chairman of Keidanren, and former Chinese State Councilor Tang Jiaxuan are seen in this undated file photo. The two met in Beijing on May 27, 2014, to promote economic exchanges.

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Japan lawmakers in China

BEIJING, China - Takeshi Noda (L), a senior politician who heads a delegation of lawmakers belonging to Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, and former Japanese Finance Minister Fukushiro Nukaga (R) head for talks with former Chinese State Councilor Tang Jiaxuan (C) in Beijing on May 7, 2014. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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LDP's Noda talks with ex-Chinese State Councilor Tang in Beijing

BEIJING, China - Former Chinese State Councilor Tang Jiaxuan (L) and Takeshi Noda, a senior politician heading a delegation to China from Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, shake hands in Beijing on May 7, 2014, prior to talks. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Japan lawmakers in China

BEIJING, China - Takeshi Noda (far R), a senior politician who heads a delegation of lawmakers belonging to Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, holds talks with former Chinese State Councilor Tang Jiaxuan (2nd from L, with glasses) in Beijing on May 7, 2014. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Japan lawmakers in China

BEIJING, China - Masahiko Komura (2nd from front in right row), vice head of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, and former Chinese State Councilor Tang Jiaxuan (L) meet in Beijing on May 4, 2014. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Tokyo governor in China

BEIJING, China - Tokyo Gov. Yoichi Masuzoe (L) and former Chinese State Councilor Tang Jiaxuan shake hands before talks in Beijing on April 24, 2014. (Pool photo)

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Tokyo governor in China

BEIJING, China - Tokyo Gov. Yoichi Masuzoe (L) and former Chinese State Councilor Tang Jiaxuan hold talks in Beijing on April 24, 2014. (Pool photo)

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Tokyo governor in China

BEIJING, China - Tokyo Gov. Yoichi Masuzoe (L) and former Chinese State Councilor Tang Jiaxuan shake hands before talks in Beijing on April 24, 2014. (Pool photo)

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Japan, China experts discuss bilateral relationship

BEIJING, China - Former Chinese State Councilor Tang Jiaxuan speaks at a forum at a hotel in Beijing on Oct. 26, 2013, to discuss bilateral relations between China and Japan. About 60 panelists included scholars, lawmakers, former senior diplomats, business executives and journalists.

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Japan, China experts discuss bilateral relationship

BEIJING, China - Former Chinese State Councilor Tang Jiaxuan speaks at a forum at a hotel in Beijing on Oct. 26, 2013, to discuss bilateral relations between China and Japan. About 60 panelists included scholars, lawmakers, former senior diplomats, business executives and journalists.

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Tang Jiaxuan

BEIJING, China - Former Chinese Foreign Minister Tang Jiaxuan, chairman of the China-Japan Friendship Association, speaks during a meeting in Beijing on Aug. 30, 2013, with a delegation of representatives of news organizations from Kyushu and Okinawa. He said that a summit between the leaders of Japan and China should not be held given the current low ebb of bilateral relations.

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Japan business mission in China

BEIJING, China - (from R) Former Chinese State Councilor Tang Jiaxuan, who leads the China-Japan Friendship Association, Hiromasa Yonekura, who chairs the Japan Business Federation, also known as Keidanren, and Toyota Motor Corp. Chairman Fujio Cho, head of the Japan-China Economic Association, meet at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing on March 21, 2013. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Japan business mission in China

BEIJING, China - (from R) Former Chinese State Councilor Tang Jiaxuan, who leads the China-Japan Friendship Association, Hiromasa Yonekura, who chairs the Japan Business Federation, also known as Keidanren, and Toyota Motor Corp. Chairman Fujio Cho, head of the Japan-China Economic Association, meet at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing on March 21, 2013. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Japan business mission in China

BEIJING, China - Toyota Motor Corp. Chairman Fujio Cho (L), head of the Japan-China Economic Association, and former Chinese State Councilor Tang Jiaxuan, who leads the China-Japan Friendship Association, shake hands at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing on March 21, 2013. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Ex-Japan premier in China

BEIJING, China - Former Japanese Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama (L) and former Chinese State Councilor Tang Jiaxuan shake hands in Beijing on Jan. 28, 2013. (Pool photo)

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Ex-Japan premier in China

BEIJING, China - Former Japanese Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama (front L), former Chinese State Councilor Tang Jiaxuan (front C) and Koichi Kato (front R), former secretary general of Japan's Liberal Democratic Party, attend a photo session in Beijing on Jan. 28, 2013. (Pool photo)

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Ex-Japan premier in China

BEIJING, China - A Japanese delegation including former Japanese Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama (R) and Koichi Kato (2nd from R), former secretary general of Japan's Liberal Democratic Party, hold talks with former Chinese State Councilor Tang Jiaxuan (L) in Beijing on Jan. 28, 2013. (Pool photo)

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Hatoyama in China

BEIJING, China - Former Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama heads for talks with China's former State Councilor Tang Jiaxuan, president of the China-Japan Friendship Association, after arriving in Beijing on Jan. 15, 2013, for a four-day visit to China.

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Japan envoy to China attends symposium

BEIJING, China - Japan's Ambassador to China Uichiro Niwa (R) and China's former State Councilor Tang Jiaxuan, president of the China-Japan Friendship Association, attend a symposium in Beijing on Aug. 29, 2012, two days after Niwa's official vehicle was attacked in the Chinese capital amid widespread anti-Japan demonstrations in China related to a territorial dispute. The symposium was part of events to mark the 40th anniversary of the normalization of diplomatic relations between Japan and communist China.

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China's Tang presents stuffed panda to Sendai mayor

SENDAI, Japan - China's former Foreign Minister and State Councillor Tang Jiaxuan (R), who currently heads the China-Japan Friendship Association, presents Sendai Mayor Emiko Okuyama with a stuffed panda as a gift at the Sendai city offices in Miyagi Prefecture on April 27, 2012, during his visit to northeastern Japan's biggest city that was hit hard by the March 2011 earthquake-tsunami disaster. Okuyama, who is planning to borrow giant pandas from China for the city zoo and bring cheer to Sendai's children, told Tang she looks forward to seeing real pandas in Sendai one day.

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40th anniversary of China-Japan ties

BEIJING, China - Former Chinese State Councilor Tang Jiaxuan (front L) and Japanese Ambassador Uichiro Niwa (front R) attend an event in Beijing on April 21, 2012, to plant commemorative trees to mark the 40th anniversary of the normalization of China-Japan diplomatic relations.

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Ex-Chinese Foreign Minister Tang Jiaxuan

BEIJING, China - Undated file photo shows former Chinese Foreign Minister Tang Jiaxuan. The Chinese government plans to appoint him as chairman of the China-Japan Friendship Association, Beijing's unofficial channel to promote ties with Japanese, sources familiar with bilateral relations said Nov. 7, 2011.

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Japan-China friendship committee meeting

BEIJING, China - Former Chinese State Councilor Tang Jiaxuan (R) and adviser to the board of Toshiba Corp. Taizo Nishimuro, who head the Chinese and Japanese delegations of the New Japan-China Friendship Committee for the 21st Century, an advisory panel to the two governments, smile during the opening ceremony of a meeting by the panel on Oct. 23, 2011, at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing. The panel meets through Oct. 25. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Japan-China friendship committee meeting

BEIJING, China - Former Chinese State Councilor Tang Jiaxuan (R) and adviser to the board of Toshiba Corp. Taizo Nishimuro, who head the Chinese and Japanese delegations to the New Japan-China Friendship Committee for the 21st Century, an advisory panel to the two governments, exchange words during the opening ceremony of a meeting of the panel on Oct. 23, 2011, at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing. The panel meets through Oct. 25. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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China advocates joint study with Japan on nuke accident

BEIJING, China - Tang Jiaxuan, former Chinese state councilor, speaks during an interview with Kyodo News in Beijing on June 8, 2011. Tang advocated a joint study with Japan to analyze the cause of radiation leaks at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant in Japan's Fukushima Prefecture and prevent a recurrence of similar crises.

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Okada, Tang meet in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Katsuya Okada (R), secretary general of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan, and former Chinese State Councillor Tang Jiaxuan shake hands at DPJ headquarters in Tokyo on Nov. 4, 2010. Okada, former foreign minister, and Tang, who leads the Chinese delegation of the new Japan-China friendship committee for the 21st century, agreed to make efforts to improve bilateral ties strained over a maritime collision in September near the disputed Senkaku Islands through activities of the friendship committee, an advisory panel to the two governments.

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Japan-China advisory panel recommends frequent summit

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan (R) shakes hands with former Chinese State Councillor Tang Jiaxuan at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Nov. 2, 2010. Tang led the Chinese delegation on the Japan-China friendship committee for the 21st century, an advisory panel to the two governments.

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Chinese official Tang meets with Osaka governor

BEIJING, China - Tang Jiaxuan (L), former Chinese Foreign Minister, shakes hands with Osaka Gov. Toru Hashimoto of Japan at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing on July 29, 2010. Tang and Hashimoto, who went to Beijing after visiting the World Expo in Shanghai, agreed to boost bilateral ties.

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Chinese State Councillor Tang calls on ex-premier Abe

TOKYO, Japan - Former Prime Minister Shintaro Abe (L) meets with Chinese State Councilor Tang Jiaxuan at a hotel in Tokyo on Feb. 22. Tang is visiting Japan as Chinese President Hu Jintao's special envoy to set the groundwork for Hu's visit to Japan in April.

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Chinese State Councilor Tang meets with DPJ leader Ozawa

TOKYO, Japan - Chinese State Councilor Tang Jiaxuan (L) and Ichiro Ozawa, president of the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan, shake hands at the DPJ's headquarters in Tokyo on Feb. 22 prior to their talks.

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Foreign Minister Komura meets Chinese State Councillor Tang

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Foreign Minister Masahiko Komura (R) meets with Chinese State Councilor Tang Jiaxuan at the Foreign Ministry's Iikura guesthouse in Tokyo in the evening of Feb. 21. Tang is visiting Japan as Chinese President Hu Jintao's special envoy to set the groundwork for Hu's visit to Japan in April.

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Tang expresses sympathy over dumpling case

TOKYO, Japan - Chinese State Councilor Tang Jiaxuan (L) talks with Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Feb. 21.