The talks at the expert- and government – levels deserve further attention. Talks at the expert-level were initiated in October 1992;up to late 1995,the talks focused mainly on the land border and the gulf of Tonkin issues. Talks at the governments of Tonkin issues. Talks at yhe government-level began in august 1993 and thirteenth round of talks was held in January 2007. There have also been meetings and talks that have not been included in the official round. The first achievement was the signing of an agreement on 19 october 1993 on the principles for handling the land border and the gulf of Tonkin disputes. It was further agreed that joint working groups were to be set up at the expert-level to deal with the two issues. The joint when The Land Border treaty was signed. The joint working group on the gulf of Tonkin met seventeen times from march 1994 to December 2000 when the agreement on the demarcation of waters,exclusive economic zoner and continental shelves in the gulf of Tonkin was signed. Talks at the expert-level on the disputes in the south china sea proper,the so-called ‘’ sea issues’’,were initiated in November 1995 and the eleventh round of talks was held in july 2006.