BEIJING -- President Lee Jae Myung and Chinese President Xi Jinping agreed Monday that turning the Yellow Sea into a "peaceful and co-prosperous" sea is important for the stable development of bilateral ties, Cheong Wa Dae said, amid Seoul's concerns over Beijing's steel structures in a jointly managed maritime zone. During their summit in Beijing, the leaders shared the view and agreed to continue "constructive" dialogue on the structures in the Provisional Maritime Zone (PMZ), an area in the Yellow Sea where the exclusive economic zones of South Korea and China overlap, according to presidential spokesperson Kang Yu-jung. Since 2018, China has installed steel structures in and around the PMZ, raising questions over China's intentions behind their installation amid concerns over Beijing's growing territorial assertiveness in the South and East China Seas. "The leaders of both countries shared the understanding that turning the West Sea into a peaceful and co-prosperous sea is important for the stable and long-term development of relations, and agreed to continue constructive consultati