The China-US working group on cybersecurity remains suspended following the decision by the United States in May to indict five People's Liberation Army officers for cyberespionage.

However, bilateral contact seemed to resume on Tuesday as senior officials, scholars and executives from Internet and telecom giants of both countries assembled in Washington for the 7th China US Internet Industry Forum.

The forum, co-hosted by Microsoft Corp and the Internet Society of China, drew some 150 participants, including Lu Wei, minister of the State Internet Information Office, and Catherine Novelli, the US undersecretary of state for economic growth, energy and the environment.