South Korea's prime minister is set to leave for China on Sunday to discuss North Korean issues with the Chinese leadership and touch on other bilateral matters, his office said.

Prime Minister Hwang Kyo-ahn will fly to Tianjin to participate in the Summer Davos Forum 2016, where he plans to introduce South Korea's flagship creative economy policy, which aims to generate new business opportunities through merging different industries and fostering startups.

During his two-day stay in the industrial city, he will meet with South Korean businessmen operating in the city.

The top policymaker then plans to move to Beijing and meet with China's President Xi Jinping and his counterpart, Premier Li Keqiang, to discuss the North's recent firing of its Musudan missile and its impact on peace and stability on the Korean Peninsula. The launch has caused Beijing to call on all sides to exercise restraint so as not to further escalate tensions.

During talks with the Chinese leadership, the prime minister is, moreover, expected to convey Seoul's growing concerns over illegal fishing activities by Chinese boats that have routinely entered the tense inter-Korean sea border region.

On Wednesday and Thursday, Hwang will become the first sitting South Korean prime minister to visit Liaoning, a province that borders North Korea. He is scheduled to meet with Chinese leaders and businessmen to help plot a course for future bilateral exchanges.

Hwang will return to Seoul on Thursday. (Yonhap)