Chinese President Jiang Zemin stressed Thursday afternoon in Beijing that the policy of the Chinese central government on Taiwan is "consistent".

Jiang made the remarks in his meeting with former U.S. President George Bush at Zhongnanhai, the site of the central government.

He told Bush that certain words and actions recently taken by the U.S. side "could not but make us feel serious concerns."

He urged the U.S. side to properly handle the Taiwan issue so as to avoid another setback of China-U.S. relations.