1. Liu Qibao, head of the Propaganda Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC), will visit the Republic of Korea from May 20 till 23 at the invitation of the ROK government.

2. During head Li’s visit to the ROK, Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se will hold a luncheon and exchange views with him on the ROK-China relations and the situation on the Korean Peninsula.

3. The first visit to the ROK by a head of the Propaganda Department of the CPC’s Central Committee in ten years since the one in 2006 by then head Liu Yunshan is expected to contribute greatly to efforts to boost high-level exchanges and the strategic cooperative partnership between the ROK and China.


* unofficial translation