2 9 Beijing Beijing NNP 9 10 , , , 11 16 April April NNP 17 19 29 29 CD 20 21 ( ( ( 21 27 XINHUA XINHUA NNP 27 28 ) ) ) 29 31 – -- : 32 40 Lebanese lebanese JJ 41 46 Prime Prime NNP 47 55 Minister Minister NNP 56 61 Rafik Rafik NNP 62 68 Hariri Hariri NNP 69 76 invited invite VBD 77 84 Chinese chinese JJ 85 98 entrepreneurs entrepreneur NNS 99 101 to to TO 102 108 invest invest VB 109 111 in in IN 112 115 his his PRP$ 116 123 country country NN 124 126 at at IN 127 128 a a DT 129 137 luncheon luncheon NN 138 141 was be VBD 142 146 held hold VBN 147 151 here here RB 152 158 Monday Monday NNP 159 161 in in IN 162 165 his his PRP$ 166 171 honor honor NN 171 172 . . . 179 185 Hariri Hariri NNP 186 190 said say VBD 191 195 that that IN 196 201 trade trade NN 202 205 and and CC 206 215 exchanges exchange NNS 216 223 between between IN 224 227 the the DT 228 231 two two CD 232 239 nations nation NNS 240 244 were be VBD 245 255 developing develop VBG 255 256 , , , 257 260 and and CC 261 268 Lebanon Lebanon NNP 269 274 hoped hop VBD 275 280 China China NNP 281 286 would would MD 287 293 become become VB 294 297 its its PRP$ 298 307 strategic strategic JJ 308 315 partner partner NN 316 318 in in IN 319 324 trade trade NN 325 328 and and CC 329 336 economy economy NN 336 337 , , , 338 348 investment investment NN 349 352 and and CC 353 359 modern modern JJ 360 370 technology technology NN 371 380 exchanges exchange NNS 380 381 , , , 382 388 urging urge VBG 389 390 a a DT 391 398 greater great JJR 399 403 role role NN 404 408 from from IN 409 422 entrepreneurs entrepreneur NNS 423 425 in in IN 426 436 developing develop VBG 437 446 bilateral bilateral JJ 447 451 ties tie NNS 451 452 . . . 459 461 Yu Yu NNP 462 470 Xiaosong Xiaosong NNP 470 471 , , , 472 481 president president NN 482 484 of of IN 485 488 the the DT 489 494 China China NNP 495 502 Council Council NNP 503 506 for for IN 507 510 the the DT 511 520 Promotion Promotion NNP 521 523 of of IN 524 537 International International NNP 538 543 Trade Trade NNP 544 545 ( ( ( 545 550 CCPIT CCPIT NNP 550 551 ) ) ) 551 552 , , , 553 557 said say VBD 558 563 trade trade NN 564 571 between between IN 572 577 China China NNP 578 581 and and CC 582 589 Lebanon Lebanon NNP 590 594 last last JJ 595 599 year year NN 600 606 surged surge VBD 607 609 40 40 CD 610 617 percent percent NN 618 622 from from IN 623 626 the the DT 627 631 year year NN 632 638 before before IN 638 639 , , , 640 643 and and CC 644 655 cooperation cooperation NN 656 658 in in IN 659 670 agriculture agriculture NN 670 671 , , , 672 686 infrastructure infrastructure NN 687 690 and and CC 691 702 contracting contracting NN 703 711 projects project NNS 712 716 also also RB 717 725 recorded record VBD 726 731 great great JJ 732 740 progress progress NN 740 741 . . . 748 750 He he PRP 751 761 encouraged encourage VBD 762 775 entrepreneurs entrepreneur NNS 776 780 from from IN 781 786 China China NNP 787 789 to to TO 790 796 invest invest VB 797 799 in in IN 800 807 Lebanon Lebanon NNP 807 808 , , , 809 812 and and CC 813 818 those those DT 819 823 from from IN 824 831 Lebanon Lebanon NNP 832 834 to to TO 835 839 seek seek VB 840 844 more more JJR 845 856 cooperation cooperation NN 857 870 opportunities opportunity NNS 871 873 in in IN 874 879 China China NNP 879 880 . . . 887 891 Over over IN 892 894 70 70 CD 895 908 entrepreneurs entrepreneur NNS 909 913 from from IN 914 918 both both DT 919 924 sides side NNS 925 933 attended attend VBD 934 937 the the DT 938 946 luncheon luncheon NN 946 947 . . .