Philcongen Xiamen Meets Xiamen Mayor

Left photo: Philippine Consul General to Xiamen Maria Antonina M. Mendoza-Oblena discusses Philippine-Xiamen relations with Xiamen Municipal Mayor Huang Wenhui.  Right photo: Consul General Mendoza-Oblena receives memento from Mayor Huang. (Xiamen PCG photo)

XIAMEN, 18 November 2021 — Philippine Consul General to Xiamen Maria Antonina M. Mendoza-Oblena paid her initial courtesy call on officials of the Xiamen Municipal People’s Government on 16 November 2021 at the Xiamen Municipal People’s Government headquarters.

Mayor of Xiamen Municipal People’s Government Mr. Wang Wenhui, together with Secretary General of Xiamen Municipal People’s Government Mr. Huang Jie, Director General Li Xiaoping of Xiamen Foreign Affairs Office, Deputy Director General Chen Yuejin of the Xiamen Municipal Bureau of Commerce, Ms. Lin Na of Xiamen People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries, and Chief of Consular Division of Xiamen FAO Ms. Zeng Jinji warmly received Consul General Mendoza-Oblena and her delegation.

Mayor Wenhui provided Consul General Mendoza-Oblena with a brief about Xiamen, including information about its economy, as well as its long-standing trade, cultural, and sister-city ties with the Philippines. 

Consul General Mendoza-Oblena expressed her gratitude to the Xiamen Municipal Government for cooperating with the Philippine Consulate General in providing assistance to Filipinos in Xiamen and the Philippines, especially in relation to anti-COVID-19 efforts and other assistance-to-nationals activities.

She likewise thanked the Xiamen Government for its assistance in the promotion of the Philippines as an investment destination particularly during the Xiamen International Cross-Border E-Commerce Industry Expo in June 2021, and for the two years of being Guest Country of Honor at the China International Fair for Investment and Trade (CIFIT), years 2020 and 2021.  Consul General Mendoza-Oblena conveyed her anticipation of resumed flights to Manila once the pandemic eases, and hopes that such will usher a reinvigorated degree of cooperation between Xiamen and the Philippines, especially in terms of cultural exchanges and business ventures.

Mayor Wenhui expressed the hope that, under the leadership of Consul General Mendoza-Oblena, the Philippine Consulate General in Xiamen will continue to play its crucial role in the furtherance of good relations between Xiamen-Fujian-Jiangxi and the Philippines   Acknowledging that Xiamen is home to many Chinese in the Philippines, he looks forward to more Philippine investments to Xiamen and will likewise encourage businesses in China (Xiamen) to consider Philippines because it is an attractive investment destination. END

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