BEIJING - Chinese Vice Premier Wang Yang will attend the opening ceremony of the fourth China-Eurasia Expo in Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region on Monday, Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei announced on Friday.

The expo, scheduled for Sept 1 to 6, will be held in Urumqi, Xinjiang's capital.

Its organizing committee has invited foreign leaders including Kazakh Prime Minister Karim Masimov, Kyrgyz Prime Minister Zhoomart Otorbayev and Georgian Deputy Chairman of the Parliament Zviad Dzidziguri to attend the event.