BEIJING -- Vice Premier Li Keqiang will attend the opening ceremony of an international trade and economic forum to be held in Yinchuan, capital of Northwest China's Ningxia Hui autonomous region.

The China (Ningxia) International Investment and Trade Fair and the 3rd China-Arab States Economic and Trade Forum will be held from Sept 12 to 16 in Yinchuan.

Foreign leaders including President of Central Africa Francois Bozize, President of Micronesia Emanuel Mori and Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea Michael Thomas Somare will attend the fair at the invitation of the organizing committee.