China hopes that Japan will "take history as a mirror, look forward to the future and not do anything that hurts Chinese people's feelings again," said Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Kong Quan Thursday at a regular press conference.

With the Sept. 18 anniversary approaching, Kong also urged Japan to take practical actions to work together with China to push exchanges and cooperation in all fields.

On Sept. 18, 1931, invasive Japanese troops raided Chinese troops stationed in Shenyang City, which has become known as the "Sept. 18 Incident", and subsequently occupied the whole of northeast China and then much of the rest of the country until Japan's unconditional surrender in 1945.

"Sept. 18 is a painful day for all Chinese people," Kong said. "It reminds us all that China is a peace-loving nation and that we must constantly strive for national rejuvenation."

Since China and Japan forged diplomatic ties, the relationship has seen fast development, with both the governmental and non-governmental exchanges achieving solid progress, he said. In terms of trade relationship, Japan is China's biggest trade partner and has a lot of joint ventures in China.

The spokesman said that China hopes the China-Japan relationship can continue to forge ahead on a healthy basis, observing political documents between the two countries.