Paris, Dec 5, SPA -- China's prime minister met Monday with FrenchPresident Jacques Chirac amid expectations of a big Chineseorder for European aircraft-maker Airbus. Wen Jiabao arrived in France on Sunday and started with atour of the assembly plant of the giant Airbus A380. On Monday, he met Chirac at the French presidential ElyseePalace. From there, he was going into talks with the Frenchprime minister, Dominique de Villepin. The Wall Street Journal reported that the Chinesegovernment could purchase as many as 150 Airbussingle-aisle planes during Wen's visit. It cited a senioraviation executive with knowledge of the negotiations.--SPA1354 Local Time 1054 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/307966