China welcomes US Assistant Secretary of State Christopher Hill's visit and is ready to exchange views with him on the Korean peninsular nuclear issue and China-US relations, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman said in Beijing Tuesday.

The chief US envoy on the Korean Peninsular nuclear issue arrived in Beijing Tuesday after talks with officials of the Republic of Korea (ROK) in Seoul to discuss resuming the six-party talks.

Spokesman Qin Gang said China's Vice-Foreign Ministers Dai Bingguo, Yang Jiechi and Wu Dawei will meet or hold talks with Hill separately Tuesday afternoon, without giving details.

"We believe it is helpful for China and the United States to improve exchange and communication," he said.

Beijing is the second stop of Hill's three-nation trip that will take him to Japan on Wednesday.

On Monday, Hill held talks with ROK Deputy Foreign Minister Song Min-soon. He also met with President Roh Moo-hyun and Foreign Minister Ban Ki-moon.

Three rounds of the six-party talks have been held to try to resolve the nuclear issue on the Korea Peninsula. The talks have been stalled since June last year as the Democratic People's Republic of Korea accused the United States of adopting a hostile policy toward it.