Xi to speak at Global Health Summit

President Xi Jinping will attend the Global Health Summit via video link and deliver an important speech on Friday, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying announced on Thursday.

Xi is attending the event at the invitation of Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi, whose country hosts G20 chairmanship this year, as well as the President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen, according to Hua.