BEIJING, Oct. 14 -- Yang Jiechi, a member of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC), will attend the 9th Meeting of the BRICS High Representatives for Security Issues in Brasilia, capital of Brazil, a Chinese spokesperson announced Monday.

Yang, also director of the Office of the Foreign Affairs Commission of the CPC Central Committee, will be in Brazil from Oct. 17 to 18 for the meeting at the invitation of Brazil's Minister of Institutional Security Augusto Heleno, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Geng Shuang said at a press briefing.