President Xi Jinping meets with Valentina Matviyenko, chairwoman of the Federation Council of Russia, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on July 4, 2018. The council is the upper house of the Federal Assembly, Russia's legislature. (FENG YONGBIN/CHINA DAILY)

BEIJING - Russian Federation Council Speaker Valentina Matviyenko will lead a delegation to China from July 9 to 12 and attend the 8th meeting of the China-Russia committee for parliamentary cooperation.

The visit is at the invitation of Zhao Leji, chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress of China.