Yang Jiechi, member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, is expected to arrive in the Republic of Korea (ROK) city of Busan on Friday, according to the Chinese Foreign Ministry. 

Yang, also director of the Office of the Foreign Affairs Commission of the CPC Central Committee, will be visiting Busan from August 21 to 22 for talks with Suh Hoon, director of presidential national security in the ROK, foreign ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian told reporters at a briefing on Wednesday. 

It's Yang's first trip to Busan in over two years. CGTN's Jack Barton previewed the visit from the city.