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Trade surplus in September more than doubled from last year to $31 billion, compared with $49.8 billion seen in August.
Work is expected to begin in 2015, the CNPC said in Beijing on Thursday.
The Chinese Vice Finance Minister said Beijing is aware that the US would like to keep the TPP closed to its current members.
The inclusion of Vietnam in the group would reinforce Putin's drive to show Russia will not be isolated by Western sanctions.
The Chinese government has set an official growth target of 7.5 per cent for 2014.
The annual Russia-China Prime Ministers summit will be held on 13 October.
The WTO handed down a ruling in 2009 in Brazil's favor.
The yuan is now the second most-used currency in international trade after the US dollar.
The HSBC China manufacturing PMI, a key measure of factory activity in China, posted at 50.2 in September.
China's GDP was 56.9 trillion yuan ($9.32 trillion) in 2013.
