1986年，中曾根康弘应中共总书记胡耀邦的个人邀请访问北京，参加了中日青年交流中心的奠基活动，承诺培育与中国面向未来的友好关系。
In 1986, Nakasone went to Beijing at the personal invitation of Chinese Communist Party General Secretary Hu Yaobang and laid the cornerstone for a Sino-Japanese Youth Exchange Center, promising to forge future friendships with China.