BEIJING, July 3 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Vice President Wang Qishan will attend and deliver a speech at the opening ceremony of the eighth World Peace Forum, a Foreign Ministry spokesperson said here Wednesday.

The forum will be held on July 8 and 9 at Tsinghua University in Beijing, spokesperson Geng Shuang told a news briefing.

Organized by Tsinghua University in partnership with the Chinese People's Institute of Foreign Affairs, the forum is a high-level non-governmental seminar focusing on international security topics.