BEIJING, Muharram 22, 1432, Dec 28, 2010, SPA -- Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi will visit the United States to make preparations for a scheduled trip there by President Hu Jintao, the Foreign Ministry said Tuesday. Yang will make the visit from January 03 to 07, 2011, at the invitation of U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Jiang Yu told a regular news briefing. "The foreign minister is due in the U.S. to prepare for President Hu's visit to the country in January, and he will exchange views with the U.S. side on bilateral ties and issues of mutual concern," .Xinhua quoted Jiang as saying. She said both sides are keeping in touch on details of Hu's U.S. visit. --SPA 14:16 LOCAL TIME 11:16 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/850241