FM: President Hu´s participation in APEC increases mutual trust

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Source: CCTV.com | 11-28-2008 08:51

President Hu Jintao is now back in Beijing after a five-nation tour over the past two weeks. The trip included a financial summit in Washington and the APEC meeting in Lima. Hu Jintao was also on an official state visit to Costa Rica, Cuba, Peru and Greece.

Greece was the final leg of Hu Jintao's five-nation tour.

Greece was the final leg of Hu Jintao's five-nation tour.

During the last day in the country, President Hu Jintao visited a farm on the island of Crete, also known as the "kingdom of olives." Hu Jintao tried his hand at picking the fruit.

President Hu Jintao visited a farm on the island of Crete,  also known as the "kingdom of olives." Hu Jintao tried his  hand at picking the fruit.

During a visit to exhibitions of olive products and tools of local farmers, President Hu was also briefed on their average amount of olive productions, measures to extract oil, and the market price.

He also toured the processing workshop, taking a close look at the procedure of producing olive oil.

After visiting the processing workshop, President Hu welcomed the farmers to expand their market in China and work more with Chinese enterprises.

Staff at the farm thanked President Hu for his visit, and hoped for a long-term friendship between the two people. They promised to export high-quality olive oil to the Chinese market.

President Hu concluded his visit on Wednesday evening, and left for Beijing.