China's top political adviser to visit N. Korea this week: KCNA

Wang Huning, China's top political adviser, will make an official three-day visit to North Korea this week, the North's state media reported Tuesday.

Wang, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of China's Communist Party and chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, will pay an "official goodwill visit" to North Korea from Wednesday through Friday, according to the North's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA).

The visit will take place at the invitation of the North Korean government and the Central Committee of the ruling Workers' Party of Korea, it said.