"As a friendly neighbor, China hopes the DPRK and the Republic of Korea will be able to conduct more dialogues and contacts for reconciliation, cooperation and improvement of bilateral relations," Hong Lei said at a briefing commenting on the scheduled meeting.
The spokesman expressed hope that inter-Korean government-level talks would start as soon as possible.
South and North Korea are remain legally at war, as no peace treaty was signed after the Korean War of 1950-1953.
Long-standing tensions between the two Koreas escalated again in late August when cross-border artillery fire erupted along the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ), prompting Pyongyang to declare what it described as a "semi-state of war." The two countries eventually defused tensions in a series of talks.