Foreign Ministry Spokesman Qin Gang announces:

The fourth round of consultation on East Sea between China and Japan will be held in Beijing from March 6th to 7th. Hu Zhengyue, Director-General of the Department of Asian Affairs and Kenichiro Sasae, chief of the Japanese Foreign Ministry's Asian and Oceanic Affairs Bureau will be representing China and Japan respectively in the consultation. Both sides will continue to exchange views on the East Sea issue.