Former Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda will meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping next Wednesday in Beijing, diplomatic sources said.

As chairman of the nongovernmental Boao Forum for Asia, Fukuda will meet with Xi for the second time in three months amid Japanese efforts to arrange a first summit between Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Xi on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum summit in Beijing in November.

The Boao Forum's activities are expected to be the main topic of the meeting, which Fukuda will attend with other executives of the forum during their visit to Beijing from Tuesday, but the two may also discuss ways to repair the countries' strained relations, the sources said Friday.