7 February 2010, Beijing
尊敬的西室泰三首席委员，
中日双方各位委员，
各位朋友：
Your Excellency Mr. Taizo Nishimura, Chair of the Japanese side,
Committee members from China and Japan,
Dear friends,
第五届中日友好21世纪委员会双方委员今天齐聚北京，召开首次会议。我代表中方委员，向远道而来的西室泰三先生和日方各位委员表示热烈欢迎，向两国政府对本届委员会的高度重视和大力支持表示衷心感谢。
We, members of the fifth China-Japan Friendship Committee for the 21st Century, gather in Beijing today for its first meeting. On behalf of Committee members from the Chinese side, I wish to extend a warm welcome to Mr. Taizo Nishimura and fellow members from Japan and express heartfelt thanks to the governments of China and Japan for their great care and support for this Committee.