(ROUGH CUT ONLY - NO REPORTER NARRATION)<br/> <br />French President Francois Hollande arrived in Beijing on Thursday (April 25) to begin a two-day state visit to the world's second largest economy.<br/> <br />Accompanied by a political and business delegation of nearly 100 people, Hollande is scheduled to meet his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping and Premier Li Keqiang and to announce some commercial agreements.<br/> <br />The two sides will exchange views on China-France ties and China-EU relations, as well as international and regional issues of common concern, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman said earlier in the week.<br/> <br />The president will also address a China-France business forum during his stay in the Chinese capital.<br/> <br />The two-day visit will also take him to Shanghai, where he will deliver a keynote speech at a local university on the global challenges facing France and China, according to state-run English newspaper China Daily.<br/> <br />Bilateral trade topped $51.02 billion U.S. dol
