On August 21, 2019, the 9th China-Japan-ROK Foreign Ministers' Meeting was held in Beijing. State Councilor and Minister of Foreign Affairs Wang Yi presided over the meeting. South Korean Foreign Minister Kang Kyungha and Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono attended the meeting. The three foreign ministers exchanged views on China-Japan-ROK cooperation, preparations for the 8th China-Japan-ROK Leaders’ Meeting and international and regional issues of common concern. Facing the current complex international and regional situation, the three foreign ministers’ meeting held again three years later reached consensus on promoting high-level political exchanges, advocating multilateralism, and promoting pragmatic cooperation. "Cooperation concept document. Many experts on international issues pointed out that this China-Japan-ROK Foreign Ministers’ meeting has added a “deterministic factorto” the stable development of the region through cooperation, and has clarified the future direction of pragmatic cooperation among the three countries through communication. In an interview, Zhuang Rui, deputy dean of the Institute of International Economics at the University of International Business and Economics, said that the tripartite cooperation between China, Japan and South Korea plays a very important role in East Asia and the world economy. The outbreak of conflicts between Japan and South Korea has dampened confidence in the outside world. South Korea and South Korea provided an opportunity to ease the conflict, opened up a channel for dialogue and cooperation, and to some extent gave the outside world a "reassurance." In addition, China, Japan and South Korea are closely related to the supply chain. As the Sino-US trade friction affects global economic development, the Sino-US trade friction not only hits China, but also hurts the East Asian production chain. This meeting and the China-Japan-Korea leaders' meeting to be held in the future have created opportunities and conditions for stabilizing the relationship between production chains. At this meeting, the "China, Japan and South Korea + X" Cooperation Concept Document also attracted attention from outsiders. Vice President Zhuang Rui said in an interview that the “China-Japan-Korea+X” cooperation mainly focuses on environmental protection, poverty reduction and disaster reduction, and other sustainable development. Whether it is regional or three-country cooperation, the interests in this regard are highly consistent. It not only implements the consensus of last year’s leaders’ meeting, but also embodies the inclusive form of China-Japan-ROK cooperation and provides a broader space for future regional cooperation.
