Chinanews.com, Manila, November 20. On November 18, the Chinese Embassy in the Philippines held an online gathering for recipients of the "Chinese Ambassador Scholarship".

The President of the University of the Philippines, Dr. Nemenzo, the President of the Philippine Normal University, Dr. Durga, and representatives of teachers and aided students attended the event through a combination of online and offline methods.

Ambassador Huang Xilian focused on introducing the spirit of the Fifth Plenary Session of the 19th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China to teachers and students, and presented the English version of Volume III of "Xi Jinping's Administration of the Country" to the principals and teachers, hoping that teachers and students have a deeper understanding of contemporary China and China Development brings important opportunities to the Philippines.

Ambassador Huang Xilian focused on introducing the spirit of the Fifth Plenary Session of the 19th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China to teachers and students, and presented the English version of Volume III of "Xi Jinping's Administration of the Country" to the principals and teachers, hoping that teachers and students have a deeper understanding of contemporary China and China Development brings important opportunities to the Philippines.

Photo courtesy of the Chinese Embassy in the Philippines

　　Huang Xilian stated that since the founding of New China in 1949, after more than 70 years of development, China has become the world's second largest economy, with a per capita GDP exceeding 10,000 U.S. dollars, and over 800 million people who have lifted out of poverty. By the end of this year, China will historicly eliminate absolute absolutes. poor.

Not long ago, the Fifth Plenary Session of the 19th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China deliberated and approved the proposal on formulating the 14th Five-Year Plan and the 2035 long-term goal. It was proposed that the goal of building a moderately prosperous society in all respects will be achieved as scheduled, and next year China will start the construction of socialist modernization A new national journey.

China will scientifically grasp the new development stage, firmly implement the new development concept, and actively build a new development pattern in which the domestic large cycle is the main body and the domestic and international double cycles promote each other.

China will hold on to the strategic basis of expanding domestic demand, unblock the national economic cycle, vigorously promote technological innovation, create new drivers of economic development, continue to deepen reforms, fully stimulate market vitality, and reach the level of a moderately developed country by 2035.

This will be the first non-Western country with a billion-level population in history to achieve industrialization and modernization, and will provide a useful reference for the majority of developing countries to achieve their national development goals.

Dr. Nemenzo, President of the University of the Philippines, attended the event and delivered a speech.

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　　Huang Xilian said that China has always firmly pursued an independent foreign policy of peace and unswervingly followed the path of peaceful development.

China actively integrates into the current international system, participates in almost all important intergovernmental international organizations in the world today, and is one of the five permanent members of the United Nations. It actively promotes the construction of a new type of international relations and a community of shared future for mankind with cooperation and win-win at the core, and takes practical actions Upholding multilateralism has become a mainstay in promoting the reform of the international system in a more reasonable direction.

China upholds the belief in openness, cooperation and win-win, unswervingly expands opening up in an all-round way, actively promotes the joint construction of the "Belt and Road" initiative, and effectively connects internal and external markets, making the Chinese market a world market, a shared market, and a market for everyone. Promoting the development and prosperity of the world is playing an increasingly important role.

The President of the Philippine Normal University, Dr. Durga attended the event and delivered a speech.

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　　Huang Xilian said that this year marks the 45th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and the Philippines.

Under the strategic guidance of President Xi Jinping and President Duterte, China-Philippines relations have entered a "new golden age", and cooperation in various fields has achieved fruitful results.

The future of the Philippines is deeply rooted in its own independent development, in a friendly surrounding environment, in a peaceful, stable, and prosperous Asian family, and it rests on the youth of your generation.

I hope you look to the world, face the future, follow the trend of the times, always stand on the right side of history, and contribute "positive energy" to the justice of the world and the welfare of mankind.

The teachers of the University of the Philippines and the Normal University of the Philippines and the representatives of the recipients of the "Chinese Ambassador Scholarship" attended the event through a combination of online and offline methods.

Photo courtesy of the Chinese Embassy in the Philippines

　　The two principals praised China’s great achievements during the 13th Five-Year Plan, saying that the Fifth Plenary Session of the 19th Central Committee has drawn up the blueprint for China’s economic and social development during the 14th Five-Year Plan and beyond, which will not only promote China’s prosperity and development, but also Vigorously promote the recovery of the world economy after the epidemic, and bring huge opportunities to the economic and social development of the Philippines.

It is hoped that the Philippines and China will continue to strengthen cooperation in various fields including education and culture, and jointly promote the Philippines-China comprehensive strategic cooperative relationship to make new progress.

The representatives of the two aided students issued special thank-you speeches, expressing that they will study hard, repay the society, be the successors of the Philippines-China friendship, and live up to the help and friendship of the Chinese Embassy.

　　The "Chinese Ambassador Scholarship" was established in September 2014 at the University of the Philippines and the Normal University of the Philippines, aiming to support poor students with excellent academic performance in the Philippines.

The total number of aided students has exceeded 300 in the past 6 years.

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