50 agreements signed
By far the biggest deal was a Chinese order for 70 Airbus planes worth more than $10 billion.
On the diplomatic front, Hollande said he "appreciated" China's stance on Ukraine, after Beijing lodged a rare abstention on a UN Security Council resolution condemning a Moscow-backed secession referendum in Crimea, rather than vetoing it along with ally Russia.
Hollande touched on human rights in his toast at a dinner in Xi's honour on Wednesday evening.
"We are committed to creation, expression, emancipation through the free movement of people and ideas, which is the basis of the human rights to which France is attached," he said
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