China's top political advisor, Yu Zhengsheng, will attend the opening ceremony of the China-Arab State Expo on Sept. 15, Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei said on Thursday.

Yu is the chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.

The China-Arab State Expo will be held from Sept. 15 to 19 in the city of Yinchuan, the capital of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region in west China.