To: RealMuLan who wrote (1153 ) 10/28/2003 11:20:40 AM From: RealMuLan Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 6370 China to expand imports from US: Premier Wen www.chinaview.cn 2003-10-28 21:06:18   BEIJING, Oct. 28 (Xinhuanet) -- China will expand imports from the United States and it hopes the US side ease restrictions on exports to China, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao told US Commerce Secretary Donald Evans here Tuesday.   "We hold that a basically balanced trade relationship between China and the United States should be pursued in the course of development," Wen said during a meeting with Evans.   He assured the US commerce secretary that China will take measures to expand its imports from the United States.   Meanwhile, China expected the United States to grant it a status of market economy and relax export restrictions targeted atChina, Wen said.   The two countries should solve problems of bilateral trade through negotiations in order to safeguard a healthy and steady development of trade relations and seek a win-win result eventually, he said.   Describing China-US trade ties as "an important basis" of the two countries' relationship, Wen said it complied to the fundamental interests of both the Chinese and American people to further promote bilateral trade.   "There exists huge potential in this field because the economies of China and the United States are mutually complementary," he said.   Ahead of the meeting with Evans, Wen met with a delegation of the US-China Business Council, which was led by the council's chairman Christopher Galvin. Enditem news.xinhuanet.com