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　　Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, will lead a delegation to France to hold economic and trade talks with the US from Saturday to Tuesday, China"s Ministry of Commerce announced on Friday.

　　In response to a media query for further information on the holding of the sixth round of China-US economic and trade talks, a ministry spokesperson said in a statement that guided by the important consensus reached between the heads of state of the two countries during their meeting in Busan and all previous phone calls, the two sides will engage in consultations on economic and trade issues of mutual concern.

　　Amid the current global turmoil, with the conflict between US-Israel forces and Iran entering its 14th day and the tensions in the Strait of Hormuz fueling fears over global crude supply, the mechanism-based meeting between negotiating teams from the world"s two largest economies is in itself a positive signal to the world, Chen Fengying, a research fellow at the Beijing-based China Institutes of Contemporary International Relations, told the Global Times on Friday.

　　The news of the upcoming talks, announced just one day after the 14th National People"s Congress, China"s national legislature, held the closing meeting of its fourth session on Thursday, with lawmakers having approved the Government Work Report and the outline of the 15th Five-Year Plan (2026-2030) for national economic and social development, also highlighted China"s readiness to engage in economic cooperation with the world, Chinese analysts reached by the Global Times said.