Philippine Undersecretary of Trade and Industry Maglaya stated in Nanning on the 21st that she hopes to further strengthen cooperation with China in the fields of energy, agriculture, and electrical products.
Li Daqiu, Vice Chairman of the CPPCC Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region Committee, met with the Philippine delegation attending the 8th China-ASEAN Expo in Nanning that afternoon. During the meeting, Maglaya praised China as a very important trading partner for the Philippines and stated that the Philippines welcomes Chinese enterprises and government officials to visit the Philippines to promote exchanges in agriculture and technology. She also noted that the Philippines will be the Country of Honor for the 2013 China-ASEAN Expo and that the Philippine side is actively making preparations.
Li Daqiu expressed his gratitude for the efforts made by the Philippines in promoting the China-ASEAN Expo and expressed his hope that, in the future, cooperation with the Philippines will not only be further strengthened in areas such as agriculture, tourism, education, culture, and investment, but that various people-to-people exchanges will also be enhanced through the establishment of sister cities or sister provinces.
