Japan's National Security Advisor is due to visit China starting form today.

Shotaro Yachi is due to have a high-level political dialogue with Chinese authorities.

He is here on the invitation of Chinese consular Yang Jiechi.

Topics on the table is said to be including bilateral relations and issues of mutual interest.

For more on this, we spoke earlier with Zhang Weiwei, Assistant Researcher Fellow, with the Department of Asia-Pacific Security and Cooperation Studies, China Institute of International Studies.