China will take measures to meet US complaints about their?bilateral trade imbalance as part of next month?s trip to Washington by Hu Jintao, Chinese president, but has warned the US also to take responsibility for its economic problems.

Wen Jiabao, China?s premier, in unreported comments to a forum of foreign business executives on Monday evening, promised new initiatives on issues such as abuse of intellectual property rights, a long-running complaint of investors.