Jia Qinglin, head of China's top political advisory body, said Friday that China will continue its efforts to maintain peace and stability on the Korean Peninsula.

"China will continue to promote dialogue to peacefully solve the nuclear issue on the Korean Peninsula and remains devoted to the goal of a nuclear-free peninsula," Jia, chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, said while meeting with Yoon Kwang-ung, minister of National Defense of the Republic of Korea (ROK).

To solve the nuclear issue on the Korean Peninsula, China, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, the United States, Russia, the ROK and Japan have already held three rounds of talks in Beijing. But so far there is no indication when the six-party talks could be restarted.

During the meeting with ROK defense minister, Jia extolled China's relations with ROK, saying that the two countries have enjoyed all-round cooperation since they set up full diplomatic ties in 1992.

"China is willing to improve neighborly friendship with the ROK and promote mutual understanding and mutually beneficial cooperation to deepen the comprehensive cooperative partnership between the two countries," Jia said.

Yoon said promoting ROK-China comprehensive cooperative partnership accords with the two countries' fundamental interests. He also expressed his government's firm stance on the one-China policy.

Yoon arrived in Beijing Wednesday and talked with Chinese Defense Minister Cao Gangchuan on the following day.