{"id":240278,"date":"2019-12-17T18:44:01","date_gmt":"2019-12-17T23:44:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=240278"},"modified":"2019-12-17T18:44:01","modified_gmt":"2019-12-17T23:44:01","slug":"political-economic-activities-to-mark-ph-china-anniversary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2019\/12\/17\/political-economic-activities-to-mark-ph-china-anniversary\/","title":{"rendered":"Political, economic activities to mark PH-China anniversary"},"content":{"rendered":"
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FILE: President Rodrigo Roa Duterte poses for posterity with Resident Ambassador-Designate of the People\u2019s Republic of China to the Philippines Huang Xilian at the Malaca\u00f1an Palace on December 4, 2019. KING RODRIGUEZ\/PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0— China\u2019s new envoy to the Philippines said on Monday a number of political visits and activities focused on Manila and Beijing\u2019s economic cooperation will mark the upcoming 45th anniversary of the Philippines and China’s diplomatic relations in 2020.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are working closely with our Philippine counterpart to work out something for the celebration next year and those activities will consist of programs in the field of economic cooperation and culture,\u201d Chinese Ambassador Huang Xilian told reporters during a reception in Taguig City.<\/p>\n

As the new Chinese envoy to Manila, he reiterated his intent to work closely with senior Filipino officials in implementing the consensus reached between Chinese President Xi Jinping and President Rodrigo Duterte in the last eight meetings they had.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn the past 10 days since I arrived in this country, I\u2019ve met a lot of senior officials, secretaries and I\u2019ve discussed with them how to further implement the consensus agreed by our leaders and the programs to be pursued next year. I\u2019m still in the process of learning but I\u2019m very confident that all the efforts would bring about tangible results in the near future,” he said.<\/p>\n

China is the Philippines\u2019 top trading partner, the largest source of imports and export market as well as the largest foreign investment origin and the second largest tourist source.<\/p>\n

Huang said in the first 10 months of 2019, the bilateral trade volume reached USD49.8 billion with a 7.2 percent year-on-year increase.<\/p>\n

In the same period, Chinese arrivals to the country also hit 1.5 million, up by 41 percent on a year-on-year basis.<\/p>\n

The projects between the two nations are also \u201cbeing pushed forward at a steady pace,\u201d he said, citing the Chico River Pump Irrigation, New Centennial Water Source Kaliwa Dam and the Philippine National Railway’s South Long Haul.<\/p>\n

\u201cMore than a dozen flagship infrastructure projects are in the pipeline to be completed in the next few years,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

In his speech, Huang described the Philippine-China cooperation as characterized by \u201cpeace and amity\u201d that already achieved \u201cprogress\u201d while handling differences \u201cin a constructive manner\u201d.<\/p>\n

The Philippines and China are both claimant countries in the West Philippine Sea where trillion dollars- worth of trade passes through annually.<\/p>\n

At present, the two governments are discussing the issue through the so-called Bilateral Consultation Mechanism on the South China Sea (BCM), of which the fifth and most recent meeting was held in Beijing in October 2019.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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