Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi will pay a working visit to the United States from March 9 to 13, Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang announced here Saturday.

Yang is to pay to the visit as guest of U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, the spokesman said.

The two sides will exchange views on the growth of Sino-US relations in the new phase and regional and global issues of common concern, he said.

(Xinhua News Agency March 7, 2009)