President of China visits coffee plantation as part of official tour

(4 Jun 2013) SHOTLIST San Jose 1. Close of Chinese President Xi Jinping at ceremony to award him the keys to the city of San Jose 2. Wide of Xi, accompanied by his wife Peng Liyuan, being presented with the keys to the city on San Jose by Mayor Jhony Araya Monge 3. Mid of media 4. Wide of Xi being presented with certificate to say that he and his wife are distinguished guests of San Jose Santo Domingo de Heredia 5. Pan of Xi and his wife arriving at the home of Costa Rican family who grow coffee just outside of capital San Jose 6. Mid of Xi looking at coffee plants 7. Mid of Xi and his wife sitting and talking with family, pan to media 8. Mid of coffee being prepared 9. Mid of Xi drinking coffee and sharing a pastry with his wife 10. Wide of Xi and his wife leaving the house 11. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Ruth Calvo Chacon, coffee grower: "A very important person came, you don't feel you deserve it, so I'm very grateful to everyone and to God." 12. Wide of family, who own house Xi visited, being interviewed by media after the Chinese president's departure 13. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Marco Tulio Zamora, coffee-grower: "He liked it (the coffee) and he said he believed in a situation like ours, of people from the countryside working the land and studying. Thanks to God that he came here." 14. Wide of family STORYLINE Chinese President Xi Jinping received the keys to the city of San Jose during an official visit to Costa Rica on Monday. Xi, accompanied by his wife Peng Liyuan, was awarded the keys to the city by Mayor of San Jose Jhony Araya Monge. Costa Rica is the only Central American country that has diplomatic relations with China, the world's second-largest economy and has been rewarded with projects and visits by two sitting Chinese presidents since it first recognised the Asian giant over Taiwan in 2007. Also on Monday, Xi visited the home of a Costa Rican coffee-growing family, who have over 30 years experience of growing coffee beans. Xi and his wife took a tour of their home in Santo Domingo de Heredia and inspected the coffee plants before sitting down to share a cup of coffee with the family. Xi sampled a sweet pastry made by the family, which he shared with his wife. The family were thrilled by the Chinese President's visit. "He liked it (the coffee) and he said he believes in a situation like ours of people from the countryside working the land and studying, thanks to God that he came here," said coffee-grower Marco Tulio Zamora. Earlier on Monday, China and Costa Rica signed nine cooperation agreements totalling 1.5 (b) billion US Dollars that will provide resources for improving Costa Rican roads and public transit fleets, purchasing solar panels and the building of a new police school. Xi arrived from Trinidad & Tobago, where he offered concessionary loans to nine Caribbean countries worth about three (b) billion US Dollars. Xi on Tuesday travels to Mexico, where he has said he plans to discuss ways to increase Mexican exports to China. He closes his trip with a visit to the United States later this week. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...