BEIJING - The results of the Chinese-Japanese joint survey issued on Saturday found Chinese people are more positive about the future of Japan than the Japanese.

Nearly 40 percent of Chinese students and one in five Chinese citizens believed Japan would be a "mid-level country with very strong influence" in 2050, according to the survey.

But in Japan, the most popular choice, selected by 25 percent of respondents, was that the country would be a mid-level country "without any influence" in 40 years. Sixteen percent thought Japan would have a strong influence, but less than one in 10 believed Japan will remain the world's third largest economy by the middle of this century.