BEIJING - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will pay an official visit to China from June 18 to 21 at the invitation of the Chinese government, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said at a regular press briefing on Thursday.
An unusually heavy downpour hit Durban for two days before the BRICS summit's debut on African soil, but interest for a better platform for emerging markets were still sparked at the summit.