High-level exchanges require public support, understanding

China expects joint efforts with Japan to "create better conditions and shape a better atmosphere" for developing bilateral ties, a senior CPC official working on party-to-party diplomacy has said.

Guo Yezhou, deputy head of the International Department of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, made the comment on Saturday in reply to a reporter's question about Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's hope of achieving an exchange of visits by leaders from both sides.