The 10th round of talks between China and Japan on the East
China Sea issue concluded in Beijing on Thursday night, with the
two sides agreeing to hold the next round of talks in Beijing in
early November.
During the one-day talks, China and Japan had conducted frank
and in-depth exchanges of views on joint development, and the
bilateral consultations were "pragmatic and beneficial", according
to the Chinese Foreign Ministry.
Director of Chinese Foreign Ministry's Department of Asian
Affairs Hu Zhengyue attended the talks as top Chinese negotiator.
The Japanese delegation is represented by Kenichiro Sasae, head of
the Japanese Foreign Ministry's Asian and Oceanian Affairs
Bureau.
(Xinhua News Agency October 12, 2007)