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Chinese president to chair BRICS summit

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2011-03-31 20:48
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BEIJING- Chinese President Hu Jintao will chair the third BRICS Leaders' Meeting and address the Boao Forum for Asia, both slated for Mid-April in the southern island province of Hainan, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Jiang Yu announced here Thursday.

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China will host the BRICS summit on April 14 in Sanya city of Hainan, Jiang said.

Hu will also attend the opening ceremony and deliver a key-note speech for the annual conference of the Boao Forum for Asia on April 15 in Boao, Hainan, the spokeswoman said.