On October 19, 2007 (September 9, 2007 in the lunar calendar), the Middle East Peace Conference was held in the United States and the Palestinian-Israeli peace process was restarted with difficulty. On November 27, 2007, in Annapolis, Maryland, USA, Israeli Prime Minister Olmert (left) and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas shook hands in front of US President Bush (center). Xinhua News Agency reported that on November 27th, the International Conference on the Middle East was held in Annapolis, the capital of Maryland, USA. Palestine and Israel reached an agreement on the Joint Understanding Document related to the future negotiation framework between Palestine and Israel. Palestinian and Israeli representatives held peace talks from the 28th, and the two sides indicated that they would strive to reach a broad peace agreement before the end of next year. Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi attended the meeting and expounded China's position on the Middle East issue. Under the situation that the internal differences in Palestine have become public and the violent conflict between Palestine and Israel has intensified, this meeting with the extensive participation of the international community has played a positive role in restarting the Palestinian-Israeli peace process, but public opinion generally believes that the peace talks process will remain very difficult.