A Chinese Foreign Ministry official said Tuesday the government hoped dialogue between the United States and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) will revive the stalled Korean nuclear talks.

"We back the US-DPRK engagement and dialogue. We expect the dialogue to help restart the six-party talks," spokeswoman Jiang Yu told the regular briefing on Tuesday.

Jiang's comments coincided with US President Barack Obama's special envoy to the DPRK Stephen Bosworth's arrival in Pyongyang on Tuesday.

The first visit to the DPRK by a representative of the Obama administration, Bosworth's three-day trip is widely expected to concentrate on persuading the DPRK back to the six-party nuclear talks.

The US has repeatedly stressed that it is not interested in engaging in any nuclear dialogue beside the six-party talks that involve China, the DPRK, the United States, the Republic of Korea (ROK), Russia and Japan.

"We hope the dialogue between Bosworth and DPRK officials will help increase mutual understanding and address their own concerns," Jiang said.

Jiang said Bosworth would also travel to Beijing later this week.