US Trade Representative Robert Zoellick arrived in Beijing Sunday for a four-day visit to China.
According to the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Trade and EconomicCooperation, the Chinese side will hold consultations with Zoellick and his party over bilateral and multilateral trade issues.
Zoellick will also visit Chongqing City in the southwest and Shenzhen City in the south.
The Sino-US trade volume totaled 97.18 billion US dollars in 2002, up 20.8 percent year-on-year. The United States is China's second largest trade partner.