Portuguese president visits China

AUDIO AS INCOMING 1. Portuguese President Jorge Sampaio and Chinese President Hu Jintao walking up to the stage for welcoming ceremony 2. Various of Sampaio and Hu on podium during national anthems 3. Chinese and Portuguese flags 4. Round table talks 5. Hu 6. Portuguese delegation 7. Sampaio 8. Round table talks STORYLINE: Portuguese President Jorge Sampaio met his Chinese counterpart, Hu Jintao, in Beijing on Wednesday. After a welcoming ceremony held in the Great Hall of the People, the two presidents held formal talks, discussing how to promote bilateral relationships, especially economic and trade relations. Sampaio arrived on Tuesday evening for a seven-day state visit, along with the largest trade delegation of his two-term presidency, in an effort to expand business with the world''''s fastest growing economy. More than 100 businessmen are accompanying Sampaio, along with Economy Minister Alvaro Barreto and Foreign Minister Antonio Monteiro, on the visit, which will include stops in Shanghai and Macau, a former Portuguese colony which transferred to Chinese rule five years ago. Only about a dozen Portuguese companies currently have operations in China, and Portugal accounts for only a fraction of Chinese trade with the European Union. You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/4087dcf201f9ee89c4bd5a8cad5187b5 Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork