President Vaira Vike-Freiberga of the Republic of Latvia visited Pudong New District in Shanghai and attended a symposium of enterprises on Monday.

She also met with Han Zheng, mayor of Shanghai, China's largest economic hub.

Han briefed Vike-Freiberga on the development of Shanghai in recent years.

Vike-Freiberga said the economic development of Shanghai, especially the development of Pudong New District was very impressive.

Latvian enterprises hope to strengthen exchanges with Shanghai and find more mutual beneficial business opportunities, said Vike-Freiberga.

According to Chinese statistics, the trade volume between Shanghai and Latvia in 2003 increased 130 percent over 2002.

Vike-Freiberga arrived in Shanghai Sunday afternoon, starting an eight-day state visit to China.