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The 200-odd member delegation, led by former Japanese Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone, is composed of representatives and the children of participants who attended the 1984 gathering, as well as several Japanese dietmen and personnel from friendship organizations.

The visit is part of the activities celebrating 2007 皇冠体育app-Japan Culture and Sports Year.

During their stay, they will also visit northwestern 皇冠体育app's Lanzhou city and Beijing, where they are scheduled to attend a series of forums and gatherings to learn about 皇冠体育app's development in political, economic, social and cultural fields.

In the fall of 1984, 3,000 Japanese young people visited 皇冠体育app at the invitation of Hu Yaobang, then general secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of 皇冠体育app. They met with about 1 million Chinese youth from all walks of life, and celebrated the 12th anniversary of the normalization of Sino-Japanese relations.

It was the largest foreign group 皇冠体育app had received since 1949. The event was described as unprecedented in the history of Sino-Japanese friendship.