The President Smt Pratibha Devi Singh Patil reached this evening at Beijing on her six days state tour to China. She was accorded a warm welcome at Beijing International Airport. <br/><br/>Assistant Foreign Minister of Peoples Republic of China Mr. Hu Zhengyue received her at airport. Other dignitaries including Indian Ambassador Dr S Jaishankar were also present at airport to receive her.<br/><br/>AIR correspondent covering President`s visit reports that elaborate security arrangements were made throughout the route from airport to hotel Raffles Beijing where Smt Patil is staying. Movement of vehicles was restricted and security personnel were deployed on the route.<br/><br/>Smt Patil will be given ceremonial reception tomorrow by her Chinese counterpart Mr. Hu Jintao at Eastern plaza. It is her maiden visit to China coincides with the 60th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between India and China.<br/><br/>In first leg of her visit, the President will have extensive talks with Mr Hu Jintao on several bilateral issues. She will also meet other Chinese leaders including Chairman of the National People’s Congress Wu Bangguo and Premier Wen Jiabao in Beijing. <br/><br/>The President is accompanied by Minister of Food Processing Mr Subodh Kant Sahay and a business delegation.<br/><br/>The President Mrs Pratibha Devi Singh Patil said India and China friendship is progressing and her visit will deepen and expand the areas of our cooperation and thereby cement the partnership between both the countries.<br/><br/>Talking to media persons on her special flight to Beijing Mrs Patil said that during her meeting with leadership of china she will comprehensively review bilateral relations of both the countries from strategic and long term perspective. She said that many dimensions of the India China partnership including trade and investment science and technology, art and culture and people to people exchange will be discussed during bilateral meetings. She said that impart additional momentum to existing cooperative activities and exchanges are included in objective of her visit.<br/><br/>Replying to a question she said that both the countries have strategic and cooperative partnership and are on a friendly path. Referring trade activities between both the countries she said that India and China are working together to achieve the bilateral trade target of 60 billion US dollar in 2010. She said that that she will encourage Indian businessmen to expand their presence in china and added that India is open for Chinese investment.