British Prime Minister Tony Blair will visit Beijing, Shanghai and Hong Kong during his upcoming official visit to China, said Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Kong Quan Thursday at a regular press conference.

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao will hold talks with Blair, Kong said, noting Chinese President Hu Jintao and Central Military Commission Chairman Jiang Zemin will also meet him.

Blair will attend a seminar at Qinghua University, and preside over a ceremony there inaugurating a research center for clean energy, Kong said.

Blair will address a China-Britain business symposium in Shanghai and in Hong Kong, Chief Executive Tung Chee Hwa will meetwith him, Kong said.

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