China is sending a senior Foreign Ministry official to a high-level dialogue on Asia-Pacific economic integration to be held in Chile starting Tuesday.

Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said in Beijing on Monday that the gathering is "not a meeting of the Trans-Pacific Partnership as some media have said".

China's Special Representative on Latin American Affairs Yin Hengmin will lead a delegation to the meeting, which will see an "extensive exchange of views over the next step in Asia-Pacific regional cooperation", Hua said.