Foreign Ministry Spokesman Qin Gang announces:

At the invitation of Prime Minister of the Commonwealth of Australia John Howard, Prime Minister of Republic of Fiji Islands Laisenia Qarase, Prime Minister of New Zealand Clark and Prime Minister of Cambodia Hun Sen, Premier of State Council Wen Jiabao will pay formal visits to the four countries from April 1^st to 8^th and attend the opening ceremony of the first "China-Pacific Island Countries Economic Development and Cooperation Forum" held in Fiji .