Chinese vice president to attend opening ceremony of 22nd China-ASEAN Expo

BEIJING, Sept. 16 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Vice President Han Zheng will attend and address the opening ceremony of the 22nd China-ASEAN Expo and China-ASEAN Business and Investment Summit to be held in Nanning, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, on September 17, a Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson announced on Tuesday.

Foreign leaders and senior officials, including Prime Minister of Myanmar U Nyo Saw, Vice President of Laos Bounthong Chitmany, Cambodia's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister in Charge of the Office of the Council of Ministers Vongsey Vissoth, Malaysia's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Energy Transition and Water Transformation Fadillah Yusof, and Deputy Prime Minister of Vietnam Mai Van Chinh, as well as Secretary-General of ASEAN Kao Kim Hourn, will also attend the opening ceremony, the spokesperson said.