BEIJING, Sept. 1 (Xinhua) -- China and Belorussia will hold the first meeting of the intergovernmental committee of cooperation on Thursday in Beijing, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang announced here on Monday.

The meeting will be co-chaired by Meng Jianzhu, Chinese chairman of the committee and a member of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, and Belorussian Deputy Prime Minister Anatoliy Tozik, who is Belorussian chairman of the committee, Qin said at a daily press briefing.