On May 15, 2010, Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi met in Gyeongju, the Republic of Korea with his South Korean counterpart Yu Myung-hwan on the sidelines of the fourth trilateral foreign ministers' meeting of China, Japan and South Korea. The two ministers highly valued bilateral ties, agreeing to continue pushing forward China-ROK relations.

Yang said both China and the ROK are important countries in Northeast Asia and China attaches great importance to China-ROK relationship which he said faces new opportunities. "China is willing to work with South Korea to fulfill the important consensus reached by the leaders of the two countries, keep exchange of high-level visits, strengthen substantial cooperation in trade, humanities and other areas and maintain close coordination in international and regional affairs in a bid to push forward strategic cooperative partnership between the two countries," he said.

Yu warmly congratulated on the successful opening of the Shanghai Expo 2010, saying the Expo will be of great significance to enhancing the friendly relationship between the two countries and promoting the exchanges and cooperation between China and the outside world.

Yu said South Korea will work with China to increase high-level visits, promote cooperation in the fields of economy, trade, humanities and transportation and develop the bilateral strategic cooperative partnership. He also expressed the wish to keep in touch with the Chinese side on issues related to the G20 summit due in Seoul later this year.