Chinese President Xi Jinping has been awarded The Order of Manas, Kyrgyzstan's highest state honor, by his Kyrgyz counterpart, Sooronbay Jeenbekov. This comes after the two attended a signing ceremony on various deals and signed a Memorandum of Understanding on intellectual property rights. They also met with the press to take their questions. Xi's visit is expected to put mutually beneficial cooperation on a track of faster development.