China warming to US-led Trans-Pacific Partnership

China is adopting a more welcoming attitude toward the Trans-Pacific Partnership, a US-led free-trade agreement now being negotiated by 12 countries.

Zhang Jianping, director of the department of international economic cooperation at the Institute for International Economic Research under the National Development and Reform Commission, said China's attitude is clear.

"We are very happy to see that those TPP members can reach a consensus - because we think the TPP will be a possible approach for promoting Asia-Pacific economic integration," Zhang said at a seminar on Tuesday at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington.