Tokyo, March 27 (CNA) Republic of China President Chen Shui-bian called on all countries in the Asia-Pacific area Thursday to jointly hammer out an effective strategy to cope with mainland China's growing "magnetic effect" in luring foreign investment.
Chen made the appeal in a written congratulatory address to the 30th Symposium on Issues of Mainland China which opened in Tokyo under the auspice of the International Relations Center of National Chengchi University (NCU).
Describing mainland China as a key point for future changes in the situation in East Asia, Chen said that economic and political developments in the mainland will affect the security and prosperity in the Asia-Pacific area.
The strong "magnetic effect" demonstrated by the vast market of mainland China will especially exert a great impact on the distribution of regional economic and trade resources, thus becoming an important issue which deserves being studied by all countries in the Asia-Pacific region, Chen went on.
Chen also thanked the NCU International Relations Center for its continued cooperation with Japanese academics and experts to seek feasible ways to solve various problems concerning the security and prosperity in East Asia by organizing workshops on China issues.