ISLAMABAD: Vice Premier of the State Council of the People`s Republic of China Wang Yang, who arrived here on Sunday, will participate in the flaghoisting ceremony on the Independence Day (today).

`Mr Wang is undertaking the visit to Pakistan on the directions of President Xi Jinping as a special gesture to participate in the 70th Independence Day celebrations of Pakistan,` said a press release issued by the Chinese Embassy.

The ceremony which was originally scheduled to be held at the Parliament House will now be organised at the Convention Centre because of the forecast for heavy rain on Monday. Decision in this regard was taken late on Sunday night.