Air quality in the city of 16 million is usually bad in winter.
Both sides to enhance cooperation in combating international terrorism.
He is due to call on Premier Li Keqiang later on Thursday and hold talks with China's Public Security Minister Guo Shengkun, who is also the State Councillor in the CPC, a rank above the minister.
E-commerce has become a success in China as it overtook the US as the world largest online retail market.
China has for the first time permitted official media websites to report news but retained monopoly over the media by omitting popular private social media portals like Sina which has millions of users.
The C919 - a twin-engine, narrow-body aircraft seating up to 174 people - is similar in size to the Airbus 320.
China must maintain medium-high growth for the next five years.
India is devoting itself to promoting a strategy of diversifying its energy sources.
China has overtaken the US as the world largest online retail market with $442 billion compared to US.
The government has set seven per cent as the GDP target for this year.
Recent IMF forecast said China's growth is expected to slow down.
Both sides are fielding the same number of troops for the joint exercises, which will culminate on October.
China has launched a host of reforms to halt the slow down of the economy, which is hovering around seven per cent with forecasts that it would dip down further.
Manufacturing of consumer goods, like food and liquor continued to improve in September.
India has consistently asked China to open up its market for IT and pharmaceuticals.
China should move toward the upper reaches of the global chain.
Xi will later head for New York to attend the UN General Assembly session.
China is battling a property downturn, industrial overcapacity, sluggish demand and struggling exports.
Exports dipped 1.6 per cent to 8.95 trillion yuan.
'The Indian economy is full of potential.'