TCS

■Participants
China: Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Japan: Ministry of Foreign Affairs
ROK: Ministry of Foreign Affairs

■Agenda
1. Exchange of views on the situation in Africa
2. Information sharing on the respective policies toward Africa and the cooperation status
3. Discussion on trilateral cooperation related to Africa

■Participants
China: Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Japan: Ministry of Foreign Affairs
ROK: Ministry of Foreign Affairs

■Agenda
1. The three countries’ policies toward Africa and plans for their respective forums with Africa in 2012
2. Three countries’ economic relations and development cooperation with Africa
3. The regional issues such as supporting the state building of South Sudan and Somali issues

■Participants
China: Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Japan: Ministry of Foreign Affairs
ROK: Ministry of Foreign Affairs

■Agenda
1. The progress of trilateral cooperative mechanisms with Africa
- Korea-Africa Forum (KAF), China-Africa Cooperation Forum (FOCAC), Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD)
2. The direction of the three countries’ policies toward Africa
3. The current issues in Africa such as Somalia, South Sudan, and Cote D’Ivoire

■Participants
China: Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Japan: Ministry of Foreign Affairs
ROK: Ministry of Foreign Affairs

■Agenda
1. The situation regarding the global financial crisis and the three countries’ policies toward Africa
2. Trilateral cooperative mechanisms with Africa
3. Regional and international issues

■Participants
China: Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Japan: Ministry of Foreign Affairs
ROK: Ministry of Foreign Affairs

■Agenda
1. Priorities in policies toward Africa : Korea-Africa Forum (KAF), Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD), China-Africa Cooperation Forum (FOCAC)
2. Economic relationship and development cooperation with Africa
3. Exchange of opinions on the regional issues in Africa (Sudan, Somali Pirates)

■Participants:
• China: Ministry of Foreign Affairs
• Japan: Ministry of Foreign Affairs
• ROK: Ministry of Foreign Affairs

■Agenda:
1. Prospect of political and economic situation in Latin America in 2019
2. Exchange of policies toward Latin American region
3. Cooperation with major regional organizations

■Participants
China: Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Japan: Ministry of Foreign Affairs
ROK: Ministry of Foreign Affairs

■Agenda
1. Exchange of views on the recent political and economic situations in Latin America
2. Cooperation in the areas of economy and development
3. Promoting cooperation with other international and regional organizations
4. Expanding the base of diplomatic relations

■Participants
China: Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Japan: Ministry of Foreign Affairs
ROK: Ministry of Foreign Affairs

■Agenda
1. Exchange of views on the recent political and economic situations in Latin America and progress of regional organizations including the CELAC and MERCOSUR
2. Discussion on the three countries’ policies towards Latin America
3. Discussion on ways to strengthen practical cooperation between the three countries and the Latin American and Caribbean states

■Participants
China: Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Japan: Ministry of Foreign Affairs
ROK: Ministry of Foreign Affairs

■Agenda
1. Assessment and prospect of political and economic situations in Latin America
2. Diplomatic policies towards Latin America
3. Regional integration in Latin America and cooperation with regional organizations

■Participants
China: Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Japan: Ministry of Foreign Affairs
ROK: Ministry of Foreign Affairs

■Agenda
1. Assessment and prospect of regional political and economic situations in Latin America
2. Discussion on the three countries’ policies towards Latin America
- Cooperation between regional integration in Latin America and extra-regional countries through various regional cooperative mechanism, such as CELAC and PA; and
- exchange of views on security problems and measures to ensure the safety of immigrants and enterprises
3. Discussion on support for overseas expansion for businesses in Latin America
4. Exchange of views on the current status of Cuba and the respective policies towards Cuba

■Participants
China: Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Japan: Ministry of Foreign Affairs
ROK: Ministry of Foreign Affairs

■Agenda
1. Current situation in Asia
2. U.S. policy towards Asia and the three countries’ respective bilateral relations with the U.S.
3. Regional cooperation
4. International issues

■Participants
China: Xinhua News Agency
Japan: Nikkei Shimbun
ROK: JoongAng Ilbo (ROK)
Ten-member delegation from each country consisting of former government officials, economists and scholars participates in the Forum

■Agenda
• Theme: "Towards Common Prosperity of East Asia"
• Finance, Economy & Trade
• Environment & Energy
• Culture, Education, Society & Regional Exchange

■Participants
China: Xinhua News Agency
Japan: Nikkei Shimbun
ROK: JoongAng Ilbo (ROK)
Ten-member delegation from each country consisting of former government officials, economists and scholars participates in the Forum

■Agenda
• Theme: "Towards Common Prosperity of East Asia"
• Economy & Finance
• Environment & Energy
• Culture & Education

■Participants
China: Xinhua News Agency
Japan: Nikkei Shimbun
ROK: JoongAng Ilbo (ROK)
Ten-member delegation from each country consisting of former government officials, economists and scholars participates in the Forum

■Agenda
• Theme: "New Vision for the Northeast Asia Cooperation"
• Finance & Trade
• Environment & Energy
• Culture, Education & People-to-people Exchanges

■Outcome
Major initiatives and proposals by sections
• Finance & Trade
- Early realization of local currency settlements in cross-border trade activities
- Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank to supplement the ADB
- CJK Entrepreneurship Facilitation Mechanism
- Reconfirm the APEC targets to realize Asian Pacific trade liberalization before 2020.

• Environment & Energy
- Enhance cooperation on cross-border air pollution including establishing an IT-enabled “control tower” that can facilitate exchanging real-time data on smog and particle as well as actively supporting Korean and Japanese businesses to invest in the Chinese government’s initiative on pollution control.
- Improve energy security in the region by jointly developing energy-efficient technologies and setting common standards for energy consumption.
- Develop a low-carbon, circular economy in the region by promoting model bases across the three countries.
- Boost trilateral cooperation on biodiversity in the region in collaboration with the international community.
- Establish a Northeast Asia network for exchanging information and advanced technologies on resources including natural gas and oil.
- Strengthen regional cooperation to respond to natural disasters and emergencies in the region.

• Culture, Education & People-to People Exchanges
- Promotion and application of 800 commonly-used Chinese character
- Establishment of sister schools and mutual acknowledging/transferring of credits
- Exchange between vocational and professional schools
- Introduction of private sectors / funds / foundations to set up joint scholarships to financially support student exchanges, or summer camps.
- Media cooperation

■Documents
Proposals by the Northeast Asia Trilateral Forum Ninth Session

■Participants
China: Xinhua News Agency
Japan: Nikkei Shimbun
ROK: JoongAng Ilbo (ROK)
Ten-member delegation from each country consisting of former government officials, economists and scholars participates in the Forum

■Agenda
• Theme: "Future-oriented Trilateral Cooperation and Search for Solidarity of the New Era"
• Finance & Trade
• Environment & Energy
• Culture, Education & People-to-people Exchanges

■Outcome
Major initiatives and proposals by sections
• Finance & Trade
- In order to have a successful RCEP (Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership) and highquality Trilateral FTA, the three Parties should start with feasible areas;
- Closely watch over global economic situation and possible financial crisis, to build “Asian Monetary Fund” (AMF);
- Increase the amount of contribution of each country to the “Chiang Mai Initiative” (CMI) respectively;
- Develop “Asian Bond Markets Initiative (ABMI)” for raising trust of private companies, as well as to build “Asia Infrastructure Fund” among the three countries;
- Responding the rapid aging of population and employment issues among the three countries, explore solutions to address the shared challenges;

• Environment & Energy
- Acknowledging the energy security as the shared concerns of the three countries, cooperate in securing nuclear energy safety through trilateral cooperative mechanism;
- Encourage the manufacturers with preferential policies on the import and export of energy efficient products, in order to improve the energy efficiency and use of renewable energy;
- Cooperate on standardization of energy efficiency and environmental technology and explore the possibility in the development of shale gas;
- Take effective actions and sharing techniques for environmental protection from such transboundary pollutions as PM2.5;
- Study more on measures for global warming, CO2 reduction and better living environment;
- Conduct joint study on biodiversity protection and establish a study committee on the Arctic Ocean development cooperation;

• Culture, Education & People-to People Exchanges
- Conclusion of compiling the “Draft Chart of Most Commonly-Used 800 Chinese Characters among the three countries”*; Experts from three countries will further discuss and interpret the Draft the Commonly-Used Chinese Characters*;
- Promote direct exchanges among the youths and foster the exchanges of next-generation leaders of the three countries;
- Cooperate in training of technical experts;

* The Chart was compiled in accordance with table of frequently used contemporary characters of the three countries. There are 801 characters from China, 7 of which are less frequently characters; 710 from Japan and 801 from South Korea.
The Chart consists of general table and comparison table: the general table lists 808 traditional characters, sorted by Unicode; the comparison table lists and compares characters in three written languages.

* International Academic Symposium to compile the Chart of Commonly-Used 808 Chinese Characters among the three countries was held in Beijing, China on October 23 to 24, 2013. Experts of the three countries agreed on the Chart of the Most Commonly-Used 808 Chinese Characters among the three countries. This final version will submit it to the 9th NATF for an
official release.

■Documents
Announcement of the Chart of 800 Commonly Used Chinese Characters

■Participants
China: Xinhua News Agency
Japan: Nikkei Shimbun
ROK: JoongAng Ilbo (ROK)
Ten-member delegation from each country consisting of former government officials, economists and scholars participates in the Forum

■Agenda
Heads of Delegations
• (ROK) LEE Hong-koo, former Prime Minister
• (JPN) FUKUDA Yasuo, former Prime Minister
• (CHN) ZENG Peiyan, former Vice Premier
Theme: "Uncertainty of World Economy and Trilateral Cooperation"
Finance & Trade
Environment
Culture & Education

■Outcome
Major initiatives and proposals by sections
• Finance & Trade
- Strengthening a preventive monitoring system for global financial crisis
- Consensus on establishing Asia financial research/ training institute and Asia Investment Fund
- Economic benefits of trilateral FTA

• Environment
- Trilateral standardization efforts for energy efficiency
- Securing nuclear energy safety through trilateral cooperative mechanism
- Discussing the establishment of trilateral energy super grid

• Culture & Education
- Creating exchange programs to share cultural assets among the three countries
- Holding a separate meeting for culture/education sector