For decades, Mr Ikeda has built the “golden bridge” of China-Japan friendship and travelled around the world for promoting peace and goodwill. I cannot but pay high esteem respect to his strenuous efforts based on noble ideals. His life-staking initiative in solving bilateral bottleneck is exceptional in the history of diplomacy. Thanks to his striving, we can enjoy today’s “neighbourliness”. For Chinese people, Mr Ikeda is an indispensable friend. He is irreplaceable not only for China-Japan friendship but for world peace.