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China maintains to solve Sino-US trade problems through negotiations

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China has always maintained that issues cropping up during the development of Sino-US economic and trade relations should be solved through friendly negotiations, said Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Kong Quan Thursday at a regular press conference.

Problems arising during the rapid development of economic and trade relations between China and the United States are unavoidable, Kong said.

Chinese officials of the Ministry of Commerce exchanged views with a team from the US Department of Commerce which paid a visit to China recently, he noted.

It is in the spirit of friendly negotiation that the Chinese side and the US side have contacts with each other, he added.

China's epidemic reporting system efficient, transparent

China's current epidemic reporting system is efficient and transparent, said Kong.

Kong said that the spokesman of China's Ministry of Health reports epidemic information everyday at 4:00 p.m. (Beijing time),and China's epidemic monitoring and reporting systems are operating efficiently.

China's epidemic reports also gained high appreciation from theWorld Health Organization, said Kong.

He said China's official epidemic information is accurate and all the epidemic information has to be confirmed before reporting.

Kong said that the measures taken by the Chinese government at present against severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) are integrated and the whole epidemic prevention and treatment mechanism has been gradually perfected after the fight against SARS last year,

The Chinese government is fully confident of preventing the SARS epidemic from breaking out and spreading again, he said.

Preparatory work for six-party talks making progress

Progress has been made in the preparatory work for the second round of six-party talks, Kong said. China is in constant communication with various parties so that the second round of six-party talks can start at an early date.

Fu Ying, head of the Asian Affairs Department of the Chinese Foreign Ministry, and Ning Fukui, an ambassador-level official with the Foreign Ministry in charge of affairs concerning the Korean Peninsula, have almost finished their activities in the United States, said Kong.

According to Kong, Fu and Ning have met with US Assistant Secretary of State James Kelly, US Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage and some White House senior officials in charge of Asian affairs.

Kong said Fu and Ning's visit has been beneficial. China hopes that when the second round of six-party talks is held, all the six parties will make efforts to solve the Korean nuclear issue in the spirit of mutual respect and equal consultation, said Kong.

In August 2003, China, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, the United States, the Republic of Korea, Russia and Japan held the first round of six-party talks in Beijing.

China-India border discussions "positive"

The second ministerial-level discussions on border issues between China and India were "positive" and the atmosphere was "constructive", said the Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman.

In response to questions at a regular press conference, spokesman Kong Quan briefed journalists on the second round of talks held on Monday and Tuesday in Beijing between Dai Bingguo, vice-foreign minister of China, and Brajesh Mishra, Indian national security adviser and principal secretary to Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, who headed the talks as special representatives on each side.

Noting that the border issues between China and India have existed for a long period of time, Kong said the Chinese side hopes the issues can be solved in the spirit of mutual adjustment,understanding and concession.

However, such complicated issues cannot achieve rapid progress through only one or two rounds of talks, stressed Kong.

He said the two sides have agreed to hold the third round of talks in New Delhi. The two countries held the first round of ministerial-level talks on Oct. 23 and 24, 2003.

He introduced that Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao and Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing met respectively with Mishra, whose visit Kong called important and beneficial.

On the Sikkim issue, Kong said it is left over by history, and the process toward resolution of this issue was initiated during Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee's visit to China last year.

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