WASHINGTON -?The International Monetary Fund said on Thursday that its Managing Director Christina Lagarde will visit China in April to attend the upcoming annual Boao Forum for Asia.

Lagarde will be traveling to China's Hainan Province on April 6- 8 to attend the Boao Forum, IMF spokesman Gerry Rice told reporters at a regular news briefing.

He added that Lagarde will meet with government officials of China and other Asian countries during her stay.

This year's Boao Forum for Asia, one of Asia's biggest annual economic meetings, will be held under the theme of "Asia Seeking Development for All: Restructuring, Responsibility and Cooperation ". More than 10 state and government leaders from Asia and other regions will be invited to the three-day forum, which will begin on April 6 in Boao, a coastal town in south China's Hainan Province.