Seven Japanese ministers will visit China to take part in a high-level economic dialogue between the two countries slated for Saturday in Beijing, government officials have said.

Japanese Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada and Chinese Vice Premier Wang Qishan will co-chair the economic ministerial meeting, which is expected to take up the global economy as well as bilateral cooperation and challenges in areas of intellectual property rights, environment, energy and Japanese visa issuance conditions.

The high-level dialogue will be the third of its kind following the first session in December 2007 in Beijing and the second one in June last year in Tokyo.

From Japan, Finance Minister Yoshihiko Noda, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Masahiko Yamada, Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Masayuki Naoshima, Environment Minister Sakihito Ozawa, Financial Services Minister Shozaburo Jimi and Economic and Fiscal Policy Minister Satoshi Arai will participate in the talks.

Senior vice ministers from the Internal Affairs and Communications Ministry and the Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Ministry will also join the dialogue.

From China, representatives will include Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi, Finance Minister Xie Xuren and Commerce Minister Chen Deming.

The ministers are scheduled to hold bilateral talks with their counterparts Saturday morning before a plenary session. Following the dialogue, Okada and Wang are expected to hold a joint press conference, government officials said Tuesday.

On Sunday, the Japanese ministers are scheduled to pay a courtesy call on Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao.