BEIJING, November 22. /TASS/. Chinese President Xi Jinping will receive Vyacheslav Volodin, Chairman of the Russian State Duma (the lower house of parliament), in Beijing, China Central Television reported.

The meeting will take place in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing's Tiananmen Square, where high-ranking foreign politicians are usually received.

The State Duma’s delegation is on an official visit to China on November 21-23.

Earlier, Volodin and a group of Russian lawmakers met with Zhao Leji, chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress of China.