Xi to attend G20 special summit on COVID-19

BEIJING, March 25 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Xi Jinping will attend a special Group of 20 (G20) leaders' summit on responding to the COVID-19 pandemic Thursday in Beijing, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying announced Wednesday.

The video summit will be hosted by Saudi Arabia, the G20 Presidency in 2020, Hua said.