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BEIJING, April 29 -- General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party and Lao President Bounnhang Vorachit will visit China next week, a Chinese spokesperson said on Friday.

Invited by Chinese President Xi Jinping, who is also general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, Bounnhang will make the official goodwill visit to China from Tuesday to Thursday, said the spokesperson of the International Department of the CPC Central Committee.