Chinese vice premier to attend high-level meeting on Ebola disease outbreak

BEIJING, June 16 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Vice Premier Liu Guozhong will attend the High-Level Meeting of African Heads of State and Government and Partners on the Ebola Disease Outbreak on June 16 via video link, a Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson announced on Tuesday.

Liu, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, is invited by the African Union.