On June 16, 2008, Chinese Assistant Foreign Minister He Yafei met with a delegation headed by Yim Sung Joon, president of the Korea Foundation, who is here in China for the 13th meeting of the Sino-ROK Forum for Future at the invitation of the Chinese People's Institute of Foreign Affairs. He appreciated the contributions made by the friendly ROK people from all walks of life to pushing forward China-ROK relations and encouraged them to actively propose suggestions on the development of bilateral strategic cooperative partnership. Yim Sung Joon thanked for China's role in the Korean Peninsula nuclear issue, pledging to make positive efforts to the development of ROK-China relations.