Beijing will host the 2015 world magic contest for college students from September 24 to 26 in the suburban Changping District, the organizing committee said on Wednesday.

Twenty college magicians from around the world will compete for the Golden Great Wall prize at the contest and a Chinese youth magicians' club will be established during the contest.

Several performances will be staged during the three day event, according to the district government.

The first China Beijing International Magic Carnival was inaugurated in Changping in 2012, with more than 50 magicians from 22 countries and regions taking part.

Changping has an ambitious plan for the development of magic in the district, promoting exchanges between magic lovers from home and abroad, and cultivate young magicians, according to Liu Shuhua, deputy government head of the district.