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Beijing

Official to address peace forum

Yang Jiechi, a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, will deliver a speech at the seventh World Peace Forum later this month, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said on Wednesday. Yang, who is also director of the Office of the Foreign Affairs Commission of the CPC Central Committee, will address the opening session of the forum, which will be held at Tsinghua University on Saturday and Sunday.