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Premier Wen's US visit significant, FM spokesman

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Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao's upcoming visit to the United States is significant because it is his first official visit to a foreign country as China's premier and his first official visit to the United States.

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Liu Jianchao made the remarks Thursday at a regular press conference.

He said the mainstream of China-US relations is sound, and the two countries have cooperated well on economy and trade and anti-terrorism issues this year, and the recent trade friction will not overshadow the achievements on trade cooperation between China and the United States.

He said Wen's visit coincides with the appearance of some problems in China-US relations, and he believed that the visit would help promote mutual understanding and push forward the settlement of some relevant issues.

Liu said during Wen's stay in the United States, he will visit New York, Washington and Boston. Wen will meet with the US president George W. Bush and some parliamentary and government senior officials. He will deliver a speech at Harvard University.

According to Liu, Chinese Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing, Minister in charge of State Development and Reform Commission Ma Kai and Vice Commerce Minister Ma Xiuhong are among the entourage.

Premier Wen will pay an official visit to the United States, Canada, Mexico and Ethiopia from Dec. 7 to 16. He will also attend the opening ceremony of the Second Ministerial Conference of the China-Africa Cooperation Forum in Ethiopia.

China making sound political preparations for new six-party talks

China has been negotiating with every side to participate in the six-party talks on the Korean nuclear issue and making sound political preparations for the second round of talks, said the spokesman.

Liu said at a press conference that the priority of the negotiations was to confirm the common views that the six sides had reached and create conditions to help the second round of talks yield results.

The Chinese side was negotiating with the six sides on the direction of the talks, he added.

The six parties now share some stances, all hoping the talks will be well prepared and yield results, according to Liu.

The Chinese side is accelerating mediation efforts and expecting understanding, support and coordination from concerned parties and the international society, he said.

Liu said he has taken notice of many reports which also reflect concerns from the international society on the six-party talks.

Web management benefits Chinese people

Internet management benefits the Chinese people, and the Chinese government is trying to find a way to administer the Internet to promote social development.

Liu said China has 70 million Internet users, and this number is increasing. He added that though China attaches importance to the positive role the Internet has played in national economic development, there is also some unhealthy information on the web.

Liu said other countries have also noticed the bad impact of the unhealthy information, and have tried to find a reasonable way to manage Internet.

Chinese FM spokesman on proliferation risks in exports

China gives full consideration to the proliferation risks when exporting sensitive items, said the Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman.

If some foreign importers misuse items exported from China, China will terminate the contracts with them, which will negatively impact any further cooperation between both sides.

Liu said China consistently adheres to political and diplomatic measures in solving the proliferation issues according to international laws.

When talking about the White Paper on China's Non-Proliferation Policy and Measures published Wednesday, Liu said China is under an obligation to introduce its policies and measures for proliferation prevention to the international community.

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