Chinese vice PM to attend AU special summit in Zimbabwe

Chinese Vice Premier Wang Yang will pay an official visit to Zimbabwe and attend a special summit of the African Union from May 21 to 25. Wang will attend a special summit of the African Union to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the establishment of the Organization for African Unity, the predecessor to the African Union. He will attend the event, to be held in the Ethiopian capital of Addis Ababa, as President Xi Jinping's special representative. The AU is headquartered in Addis Ababa. The vice premier will make the visit at the invitation of Vice President of Zimbabwe Joyce Mujuru, Prime Minister of Ethiopia Hailemariam Desalegn, who is also rotating chairman of the African Union, and African Union Commission Chairman Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei said Friday.