国内英语新闻:Foreign leaders to attend Boao Forum for Asia in China

BEIJING, April 2 (Xinhua) -- Leaders of seven countries have confirmed their participation in the opening ceremony of Boao Forum for Asia's 2010 meeting in south China's Hainan Province on April 10, Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang said Friday.

The leaders are: Lao President Choummaly Saygnasone, Danish Prime Minister Lars Loekke Rasmussen, Mongolian Prime Minister Sukhbaataryn Batbold, Iranian First Vice President Mohammad Reza Rahimi, Afghan Vice President Mohammad Karim Khalili, Timor-Leste's Vice President Jose Luis Guterres and Cambodian Senior Minister and Minister of Planning Chhay Than.

Qin said Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping will meet the foreign leaders on the sidelines of the forum.

The forum, which will focus on Asia's green and sustainable development in the wake of global economic downturn, is to be held in Boao, a coastal resort in Hainan, from April 9 to 11.

Danish Prime Minister Lars Loekke Rasmussen will also pay a working visit to China as guest of Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, Qin said.