Vice Foreign Minister Wang Yi, head of the Chinese delegation to the six-party talks on Korean nuclear issue, will hold a press conference in Beijing at 3 this afternoon, according to sources close to the talks. 

Chinese State Councilor Tang Jiaxuan is expected to meet delegates to the talks at Diaoyutai State Guesthouse, the venue of the meetings, said the sources. 　　

The Beijing six-party talks, which involve China, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), the United States, the Republic of Korea (ROK), Russia and Japan, began Wednesday morning and are scheduled to conclude around noon time Friday.
 
(Xinhua News Agency August 29, 2003)