China said Tuesday it will make joint efforts with the United States to ensure the success of the 18th China-US Joint Commission on Commerce and Trade (JCCT) and the third China-US Strategic Economic Dialogue (SED) to be held this December in Beijing.

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Liu Jianchao said the JCCT and SED are an important platform for the two countries to deepen understanding and promote sound development of economic and trade relations.

The SED focuses on the strategic, long-term and comprehensive issues within economic relations and the JCCT stresses on the development of bilateral economic and trade cooperation as well as the discussion on specific issues, Liu said.

Chinese Vice Premier Wu Yi will chair the two meetings and China is willing to make joint efforts with the US side to ensure the success of the meetings so as to push ahead China-US economic and trade ties, Liu added.

(Xinhua News Agency November 7, 2007)