DPRK's Kim Jong Un to attend V-Day commemorations: FM spokesman

The Chinese Foreign Ministry confirmed on Thursday that the top leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Kim Jong Un, will attend China's V-Day commemorations on September 3 in Beijing.

"General Secretary of the Workers’ Party of Korea and President of the State Affairs of the DPRK Kim Jong Un will attend the events commemorating the 80th anniversary of the victory of the Chinese People’s War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War. For more details, China will release information in due course," said Foreign Ministry spokesman Guo Jiakun at a regular press conference on Thursday.

China will stage a grand military parade on September 3 to commemorate the V-Day.

DPRK's Kim Jong Un to attend V-Day commemorations: FM spokesman

DPRK's Kim Jong Un to attend V-Day commemorations: FM spokesman

Chinese stocks closed lower on Friday, with the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index down 0.26 percent to 4,101.91 points.

The Shenzhen Component Index closed 0.18 percent lower at 14,281.08 points.

The ChiNext Index, tracking China's Nasdaq-style board of growth enterprises, lost 0.2 percent to close at 3,361.02 points.

The ChiNext Index, together with the Shenzhen Component Index and other indices, reflects the performance of stocks listed on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange.

Chinese shares close lower Friday