Chinese President Hu Jintao (R) waves to audience while the President of Yale University Richard C. Levin applauds at Yale University April 21. -Xinhua

Chinese President Hu Jintao arrived in New Haven, Connecticut, on Friday morning from Washington for a brief visit to Yale University.

At Yale, President Hu will present more than 1,300 books to the institution and give a public address.

Yale University was founded in 1701 as the Collegiate School in the home of Abraham Pierson, its first rector, in Killingworth, Connecticut.

In 1716, the school moved to New Haven and with the generous gift from Elihu Yale of nine bales of goods, 417 books and a portrait of King George I, was renamed Yale College in 1718. In 1887, it became Yale University.

The university is the last stop in President Hu's trip to the United States. Previous destinations were Seattle and Washington. On Thursday, Hu and President George W. Bush held talks at the White House on China-U.S. relations and major world and regional issues.

Hu will conclude his visit to the United States on Friday afternoon and embark on the next leg of his five-nation tour, taking him to Saudi Arabia, Morocco, Nigeria and Kenya.