Chinese Vice Premier Wu Yi (L) shakes hands with US Secretary of Commerce Donald Louis Evans in Beijing, Jan. 13, 2005. (Xinhua photo)

Vice-Premier Wu Yi meets with and holds a banquet for Donald L. Evans, US secretary of commerce, in Beijing. They both attended an IPR roundtable yesterday and later exchanged views on the prospects of bilateral trade and commerce. (newsphoto)

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    BEIJING, Jan. 13 (Xinhuanet) -- Chinese vice-premier Wu Yi met with Donald L. Evans, Secretary of Commerce of United States here Thursday, and they had an exchange of views on prospects of bilateral trade and commerce.

    Wu said that trade and commerce maintain a crucial part of Sino-US relations and China expects that it could continue to grow on an equal and reciprocal basis.

    Evans reiterated US President Gorge W. Bush's promise to boost bilateral trade and commerce. He also expressed his appreciation to the achievements of the 15th Sino-US Joint Commission on Commerce and Trade held in May 2004.

    After his arrival here Tuesday, Evens attended a Sino-US roundtable conference on intellectual property rights (IPR) Thursday morning. Enditem