Chinese Vice Premier Liu Guozhong will visit Guinea and Sierra Leone from November 10 to 16, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson announced on Monday.

Liu, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, will pay the visits at the invitation of the governments of Guinea and Sierra Leone, said the spokesperson.

At the invitation of Guinean President Mamady Doumbouya, Liu will also attend the inauguration of the Simandou iron ore mine project on November 11 as President Xi Jinping's special representative, said the spokesperson.