Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi Scheduled to Undertake Official Visit to the PH on 15 to 16 January 2021

PASAY CITY 10 January 2021 - Upon the invitation of Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro L. Locsin, Jr., Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi will undertake an Official Visit to the Republic of the Philippines from 15 to 16 January 2021. This visit reciprocates Secretary Locsin’s visit to China in October 2020.

Together with their virtual meeting in July last year, the State Councilor’s visit attests to the sustained high-level engagement of the two countries. It also symbolizes the determination and steady progress of both sides toward gradually re-opening their societies and economies.

Secretary Locsin and his Chinese counterpart are scheduled to hold a bilateral meeting to consider ways to accelerate mutually beneficial cooperation, particularly in the priority areas of trade and investments, infrastructure development and addressing the pandemic. END