Chinese president's envoy to attend inauguration of new Indonesian president

Chinese President Xi Jinping's special envoy Yan Junqi will attend the inauguration of new Indonesian president Monday, Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei announced Sunday.

Yan is vice chairwoman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, China's top legislature.

Indonesia's President-elect Joko Widodo, former major of Solo in Central Java and governor of the capital city Jakarta, won the July 9 presidential election with 52 percent of votes.