BEIJING, July 13 (Xinhua) -- At the invitation of Chinese Premier Li Qiang, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Thailand Anutin Charnvirakul will pay an official visit to China from July 16 to 20, a Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson announced on Monday.

Spokesperson Lin Jian said Anutin will attend the 2026 World AI Conference and High-Level Meeting on Global AI Governance, which will be held in Shanghai. President Xi Jinping will meet with him. Premier Li Qiang and Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress Zhao Leji will hold talks and a meeting with him respectively.

This will be Anutin's first official visit to China since taking office, showing that both sides attach high importance to the development of China-Thailand relations, Lin said.

China and Thailand are good neighbors, good friends, good relatives and good partners, he said, citing King Maha Vajiralongkorn's state visit to China last year when the two countries marked the 50th anniversary of diplomatic relations.

Under the strategic guidance of the two heads of state, the two sides have deepened political mutual trust, and engaged in fruitful cooperation in areas of trade and investment, digital economy, aerospace, science, education, culture and health, he said.

Amid the changing and volatile international situation, China hopes the Thai PM's visit will help redouble efforts to carry forward the traditional friendship and family-like relationship of China and Thailand, deepen comprehensive strategic cooperation, achieve new outcomes in building the China-Thailand community with a shared future, boost the two countries' respective modernization, and contribute to regional peace, stability, development and prosperity, Lin added.