{"id":18027,"date":"2014-07-03T21:17:07","date_gmt":"2014-07-03T13:17:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=18027"},"modified":"2014-07-03T21:17:07","modified_gmt":"2014-07-03T13:17:07","slug":"china-wants-more-investment-tourists-in-phl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2014\/07\/03\/china-wants-more-investment-tourists-in-phl\/","title":{"rendered":"China wants more investment, tourists in Phl"},"content":{"rendered":"
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President Benigno S. Aquino III received the credentials of Zhao Jianhua, Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China to the Philippines. (Photo: www.gov.ph)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA \u2013 Despite the controversial rift between China and the Philippines, a Chinese Ambassador said, China still wants more investments and tourists in the Philippines.<\/p>\n

\u201cI should point out that China\u2019s investments to the Philippines have not been satisfactory so we hope that we can invest more,\u201d Chinese Ambassador Zhao Jianhua said at a welcome dinner hosted by the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI) on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

Zhao mentioned China\u2019s intentions of encouraging more investments in the energy projects to halp the Philippines cut its power costs.<\/p>\n

The Philippines has the highest power cost in the Southeast Asian region.<\/p>\n

The Ambassador also reiterated China\u2019s interest in engaging in the country\u2019s manufacturing industry which is among the country\u2019s list of top potential areas for global investments.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is good opportunity for Philippine side to receive some of good quality manufacturing investments, say food processing, manufacturing of minerals. These are the things we can do in the near future,\u201d Zhao said.<\/p>\n

Zhao also said he is looking forward to investing more in the country as the Philippines also has shown significant interest in investing in China.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou\u2019ll be surprised that the Philippines is investing more in China than what China is investing in the Philippines,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Despite the territorial disputes where both the countries are involved, Zhao said it is about time that both the countries should focus on something that will bring unity and cooperation.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think it is imperative and essential that the two countries focus on things that can unite us, focus on things that can promote common prosperity for both countries and can contribute to improvement of the livelihood of our people,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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