PRAGUE , March 30, 2016 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Xi Jinping and his Czech counterpart Milos Zeman attend the China-Czech Economic Roundtable in Prague, the Czech Republic, March 30, 2016. (XinhuaJu Peng) PRAGUE, March 30, 2016 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Xi Jinping and his Czech counterpart Milos Zeman attend the China-Czech Economic Roundtable in Prague, the Czech Republic , March 30, 2016. (XinhuaPang Xinglei) PRAGUE, March 30, 2016 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Xi Jinping (L, front) and his Czech counterpart Milos Zeman (R, front) attend the China-Czech Economic Roundtable in Prague, the Czech Republic, March 30 , 2016. (XinhuaLiu Weibing) PRAGUE, March 30, 2016 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Xi Jinping (R, front) and his Czech counterpart Milos Zeman (L, front) visit the Strahov Library in Prague, the Czech Republic, March 30, 2016. (XinhuaLan Hongguang)
PRAGUE , March 30 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Xi Jinping's 49-hour state visit from Monday to Wednesday to the Czech Republic saw the two countries ink a host of agreements ranging from lifting of bilateral ties to advancing economic and technology cooperation.
The historic visit by Xi, the first by a head of state from China to the Czech Republic in 67 years, began with a "no necktie" meeting at the Czech president's summer residence and concluded with a beer-toasting farewell at a picturesque medieval library overlooking Prague.