BEIJING, June 10 -- Polish Foreign Minister Grzegorz Schetyna will pay a formal visit to China next week, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson announced Wednesday in Beijing.

Hong Lei said Schetyna will visit China from June 17 to June 19, at the invitation of Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi.

The two ministers will co-host the first plenary session of China-Poland Intergovernmental Cooperation Committee during Schetyna's visit, Hong said.