China vice finance minister to head to U.S. for trade talks on Wednesday

BEIJING, Sept 17 (Reuters) - China's vice finance minister will lead a delegation to visit the United States on Wednesday for trade talks, China's commerce ministry said on Tuesday.

The visit by Liao Min will pave the way for the China-U.S. high-level economic and trade consultations in October in Washington, it said. The talks are aimed at resolving a bitter trade war that has dragged on for over a year and hurt global growth.

Liao is also deputy director of the Office of the Central Commission for Financial and Economic Affairs.

(Reporting by Beijing Monitoring Desk Editing by Shri Navaratnam)