President Lee Jae Myung names special envoys to China

Former National Assembly speaker Park Byeong-seug has been tapped to head a special delegation to China.

According to Presidential Spokesperson Kang Yu-jung on this Friday the four-member team will be made up of Park and ruling Democratic Party lawmakers Kim Tae-nyeon Park Jeong as well as Roh Jae-heon director of the East Asian Culture Center.

During their four-day visit starting this Sunday the envoys will meet with senior Chinese officials including Zhao Leji chairman of the National People's Congress Standing Committee as well as Foreign Minister Wang Yi.

They will deliver a presidential message on advancing ties under the two countries' Strategic Cooperative Partnership.

This marks the twelfth and final group of special envoys dispatched by the Lee administration since taking office.