According to Vesti 1, President Putin is also expected to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit, which will include "large-scale negotiations" between major delegations. This visit will become the Russian leader's longest overseas trip since 2014.
Vesti 1 did not specify the specific time of the visit, but the 2-day SCO summit is scheduled to start on August 31.
China will hold major commemorative events, including a parade on September 3 to celebrate Japan's surrender in World War II.
During his visit to Russia to celebrate Victory Day on May 9, General Secretary and President of China Xi Jinping invited President Putin to visit China and the Russian leader happily accepted.
The planned visit has sparked speculation that the Russian leader could meet US President Donald Trump while in China. Rumors of such a meeting were circulating ahead of the Putin-Trump summit in Alaska in early August, as neither side ruled out the possibility.
If Trump were there, it would certainly not rule out the possibility of a meeting, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said at the end of July.
There have also been speculations about a potential tripartite meeting between Mr. Putin - Trump - Xi Jinping. However, Russia said there was nothing to say about this meeting. "We don't know about the possibility of such a meeting," Peskov said.
