Vice-Premier Zhang Gaoli will attend the Boao Forum for Asia (BFA) annual conference this week in the southern province of Hainan, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying announced on March 20.

Hua said that Zhang would deliver a keynote speech at the opening ceremony on March 25.

Foreign guests to attend the annual conference include President of Madagascar Hery Rajaonarimampianina, Micronesian President Peter M. Christian, Nepal’s Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal, Afghan Meshrano Jirga President Fazal Hadi Muslimyar, and Myanmar’s Vice-President U Myint Swe.