China supports the establishment of a Palestinian state and urges the resumption of peace talks between Palestine and Israel, Foreign Minister Wang Yi said in Beijing on Thursday.

In a news conference with his Palestinian counterpart Riad al-Malki following talks between the two, Wang said that seven decades after United Nations Resolution 181 was passed, it is "unfair" that Palestine is not yet an independent state with full sovereignty.

Palestine, like Israel, is entitled to statehood, Wang said, adding that "such historical injustice must be put right".