Chicago is Hu's last stop on U.S. trip
He is scheduled to visit the Chinese-owned auto parts company, a Chinese wind energy and the Confucius Institute - the Chinese language and culture education center is located at Walter Payton College Preparatory High School Action.
Hu is expected to return to Beijing at noon. Chinese leader wrapped up his three-day visit to Washington, DC, on Thursday, says the American audience of business leaders, Beijing seeks closer ties and greater trust with the U.S. on many things.
He sought to allay concerns about China's leading economic power and military increasingly, said that his country "will never seek hegemony or to pursue an expansionist policy."
Chinese leaders, however, was unrepentant about Beijing's stance on a politically sensitive place in Tibet and Taiwan, where a question of territorial integrity of China and the "core benefits."
We are building a "socialist country under the rule of law," he said. He said relations between Washington and Beijing should be guided by the belief in "equality" and "mutual respect."
Hu made the remarks at lunch hosted by the National Committee on US-China relations, US-China Business Council, and several other organizations.
Earlier in the day, Hu visited the Capitol, where Congressional leaders took the opportunity to raise concerns about Beijing's strong commitment to human rights and economic issues such as intellectual property protection.
Hu met with Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nevada, and Speaker of the House John Boehner, R-Ohio, for example. Neither attended Wednesday night's White House state dinner in honor of the Chinese leader.
Earlier this week, Reid called Hu a "dictator" - a word that was later retracted, and the senator and his spokesman.
Boehner said that the concerns about tensions on the Korean peninsula was also raised in the negotiations on Thursday.
We had a "good meeting," Boehner said. "I hope that the dialogue on these issues will continue."
Disagreements over human rights - including the treatment of prisoners of China won the Nobel Prize for Liu Xiaobo - was "strongly suggested" said Rep. Howard Berman of California, ranking Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee.
"I had a great commitment ... that there is a general recognition of the President of China, which way to go," said Berman.
Wednesday, Hu met with President Obama in camera at the White House as senior officials from both countries worked to resolve problems related to global economic crisis, international security, environment and human rights .
Obama presidential administration officials used the meeting with Hu stresses economic development between countries, says the approval of Beijing's $ 45 billion of new contracts for U.S. companies to export goods to China. The agreements support about 235,000 jobs in the United States, according to the White House.
The two leaders recognized the persistence of differences over human rights, but promised to continue working in an "honest and sincere," said Obama.
Human rights remain a sensitive issue in China, which censors in the Asian country said during the visit of Hu Jintao shading CNN news every time the subject of human rights was raised. While Hu spoke of human rights, it was censored.
Sequences of anti-Chinese protesters near the White House has also been censored.
Obama welcomed Hu's visit as an opportunity to lay the groundwork for the next 30 years, Sino-US relations.
Hu said the relationship between two great powers as one of "strategic significance and global influence."
At a press conference with reporters Wednesday, Obama said he had received a promise from Mr Hu to establish more "level playing field" for trade in the United States.
The Chinese currency, "Obama said, is still underestimated - a key factor in U.S. trade imbalance with China.
Hu acknowledged that there are major differences on economic policy, but he promised that Beijing will continue to make attempts to resolve these differences.