BEIJING, March 24-- Chinese Vice Premier Liu Yandong will attend an opening ceremony of China-Russia youth exchanges in Russia from March 27 to 29, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman said on Monday.

Liu, also a chairwoman of the China-Russia Youth Friendly Exchanges Year committee, will be visiting at the invitation of Olga Golodets, Russian deputy prime minister and a committee chairman, spokesman Hong Lei told a daily news briefing.