Chinese Premier Li Keqiang will attend the 17th China-EU leaders' meeting later this month in Brussels, the first since the change of EU leadership.
Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lu Kang made the announcement on Tuesday.
From June 28 to July 2, Li will visit Belgium and pay an official visit to France, visiting the headquarters of the Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) in Paris.
Li was invited by Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel, French Prime Minister Manuel Valls and OECD Secretary General Jose Angel Gurria Trevino.