China hopes the United States would strictly abide by its promise and not send any wrong signals to secessionists trying for "Taiwan's independence", China's top legislature said yesterday.

The message emanated from a meeting between the Foreign Affairs Committee of the National People's Congress (NPC) and a nine-member delegation of the Armed Services Committee of the US House of Representatives.

The US Congressional delegation, headed by congressman Roscoe Bartlett, was on a four-day goodwill visit to China, a news release from the Standing Committee of the NPC said.