[us Assistant Secretary of State and other officials visit China this week: the Director of the Meida Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has held talks with them]-- the US State Department announced on Saturday (3 June) that Kanda, Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs, will visit China and New Zealand from 4 to 10 June. Sarah Bellan, the new senior director of the White House National Security Council in charge of China and Taiwan affairs, will also travel to Beijing with Kanda to hold talks with Chinese officials on bilateral relations, according to a statement issued by the U.S. State Department. At a regular press conference held by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on June 5, a reporter asked a spokesman for the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs about the meeting. In this regard, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin said: this morning, Yang Tao, director of the US Department of Foreign Affairs of the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, held talks with Conda, Assistant Secretary of State for Asia-Pacific Affairs of the US State Department, and Sarah Bellan, Senior Director of China Affairs of the White House National Security Council. Vice Minister Ma Zhaoxu will meet with them this afternoon. You can pay attention to the news draft released by the Chinese side on the relevant meetings and talks.