BEIJING, Sept. 13 (Xinhua) -- Choummaly Saygnasone, secretary general of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party Central Committee and president of the Lao People's Democratic Republic, will visit China from Sept. 18 to 21.

Spokesman Huang Huaguang with the International Department of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, made the announcement here on Tuesday.

Choummaly will pay the official good-will visit as guest of Chinese President Hu Jintao, who is also general secretary of the CPC Central Committee.