BEIJING - Top political advisor Yu Zhengsheng will take part in the week-long 6th Straits Forum, which will kick off on June 15 in the coastal city of Xiamen in southeast China's Fujian Province, a spokeswoman from the Chinese mainland said on Wednesday.

Yu is chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.

The event will feature an array of activities on grassroots exchanges between the mainland and Taiwan, said Fan Liqing, spokeswoman of the State Council Taiwan Affairs Office, at a regular press conference.