Chinese President Hu Jintao will pay state visits to the United States, Canada and Mexico, and attend the United Nations summit marking the 60th anniversary of the world body from Sept. 5 to 17, said Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Kong Quan in Beijing on August 25.

   Hu will visit the above three nations at the invitation of US President George W. Bush, Canadian Governor-General Adrienne Clarkson and Mexican President Vicente Fox, said Kong.