BEIJING - Chinese State Councilor Dai Bingguo will pay a visit to Hungary from May 12 to 15, during which he will attend the second round of China-EU high-level strategic dialogue.

Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Jiang Yu made the announcement on Thursday.

Dai will make the visit as a guest of EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-President of the Commission Catherine Ashton and the Hungarian government.

Dai and Ashton co-chaired the first round of the dialogue in southwest China's Guizhou Province last year.