China and Russia will hold their fourth round of strategic security talks next week, a Chinese foreign ministry spokesman announced on Thursday.

"At the invitation of Chinese State Councilor Dai Bingguo, Russian Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev will come to China to attend the fourth round of China-Russia strategic security talks from Dec. 7 to 8," said Qin Gang at a regular news briefing.

The security talks, initiated in February, 2005, are a platform for the two nations to enhance political trust and cooperation in various fields, especially in the law-enforcement and security fields.