This year a Chinese team toured Japan in April in the 16th Japan-China Go Exchange. The final score after seven team matches was 39-17 in China's favour. This is China's best result since 1982, when it scored 43-13 (including 13 wins against amateurs).
| 1: 4/10 | 2: 4/12 | 3: 4/14 | 4: 4/19 | 5: 4/21 | 6: 4/23 | 7: 4/25 | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nie 9p | Hashimoto U. +13.5 | Hashimoto U. +R | Ishii K. +7.5 | Sakata −R |
Awaji +4.5 | Awaji +0.5 | Komatsu +8.5 | 6-1 |
| Ma 9p | Yamashiro −R | Yamashiro +4.5 | Yamashiro +R | Kajiwara +R |
Kudo −1.5 | Kudo +4.5 | Kudo −R | 4-3 |
| Cao 9p | Ishii K. +1.5 | Ishii K. +R | Sonoda +R | Yamabe −0.5 |
Kojima −5.5 | Kojima +1.5 | Kojima +R | 5-2 |
| Liu 8p | Honda K. +R | Honda K. −R | Honda K. +R | Kano +6.5 |
Kamimura −R | Kamimura +R | Kamimura +12.5 | 5-2 |
| Rui 8p | Hasegawa −R | Hasegawa +R | Hasegawa −R | Okuba +R |
Aragaki +0.5 | Aragaki +R | Awaji +R | 5-2 |
| Fang 7p | Ogata −R | Ogata +R | Ogata −1.5 | Ohira +R |
Ishikura +R | Ishikura −R | Ishikura +0.5 | 4-3 |
| Liang 7p | Goto +0.5 | Goto +R | Yuki −R | Kaji +8.5 |
Komatsu −R | Komatsu −R | Kusunoki +8.5 | 4-3 |
| Zhang 7p | Yuki +R | Yuki +13.5 | Goto +R | Kageyama +14.5 |
Kusunoki +2.5 | Kusunoki +8.5 | Aragaki −0.5 | 6-1 |
| Result | 5-3 | 7-1 | 5-3 | 6-2 | 4-4 | 6-2 | 6-2 | 39-17 |
Game records:
| Date | Black | White | Result | #mv | SGF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988-04-10 | Hashimoto Utaro | Nie Weiping | W+13.5 | 202 | sgf |
| 1988-04-10 | Liu Xiaoguang | Honda Kunihisa | B+R | 181 | sgf |
| 1988-04-10 | Zhang Xuan | Yuki Satoshi | B+R | 199 | sgf |
| 1988-04-12 | Liang Weitang | Goto Shungo | B+R | 121 | sgf |
| 1988-04-12 | Cao Dayuan | Ishii Kunio | B+R | 139 | sgf |
| 1988-04-12 | Nie Weiping | Hashimoto Utaro | B+R | 145 | sgf |
| 1988-04-12 | Yamashiro Hiroshi | Ma Xiaochun | W+4.5 | 180 | sgf |
| 1988-04-14 | Hasegawa Sunao | Rui Naiwei | B+R | 213 | sgf |
| 1988-04-14 | Goto Shungo | Zhang Xuan | W+R | 181 | sgf |
| 1988-04-14 | Ishii Kunio | Nie Weiping | W+7.5 | 246 | sgf |
| 1988-04-19 | Fang Tianfeng | Ohira Shuzo | B+R | 141 | sgf |
| 1988-04-19 | Sakata Eio | Nie Weiping | B+R | 209 | sgf |
| 1988-04-21 | Zhang Xuan | Kusunoki Teruko | B+2.5 | 244 | sgf |
| 1988-04-21 | Fang Tianfeng | Ishikura Noboru | B+R | 141 | sgf |
| 1988-04-21 | Komatsu Hideki | Liang Weitang | B+R | 209 | sgf |
| 1988-04-23 | Kusunoki Teruko | Zhang Xuan | W+8.5 | 174 | sgf |
| 1988-04-25 | Kamimura Kunio | Liu Xiaoguang | W+12.5 | 152 | sgf |
| 1988-04-25 | Rui Naiwei | Awaji Shuzo | B+R | 173 | sgf |
| 1988-04-25 | Aragaki Takeshi | Zhang Xuan | B+0.5 | 247 | sgf |
| 1988-04-25 | Kudo Norio | Ma Xiaochun | B+R | 235 | sgf |
| 1988-04-25 | Cao Dayuan | Kojima Takaho | B+R | 137 | sgf |
| 1988-04-25 | Nie Weiping | Komatsu Hideki | B+8.5 | 219 | sgf |