Raul Castro Ruz, second secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba will pay an official visit to China soon, according to an official of the Communist Party of China ( CPC), who did not give the specific date.

Yu Hongjun, spokesman of the CPC Central Committee International Department, said here on Friday that Raul Castro is invited by the CPC.

It is Raul Castro's second visit to China since 1997, who is also first vice-president of the Council of State and first vice- president of the Council of Ministers of Cuba.