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Consulate General visits CPC’s 1921 Founding Congress Site and Memorial

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Shanghai, 15 July – With China commemorating the 100^th Anniversary of the Founding of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and Shanghai proudly looking back on its role in this signal moment in PRC history, the Consulate General and its Attached Agencies were given a guided tour of the complex memorializing the CPC’s First National Congress in 1921.

The visit was arranged with the support and coordination of the Foreign Affairs Office of the Shanghai Municipal Government.

Located in Xintiandi in Huangpu District, the complex features the restored traditional Shanghainese shikumen (stone-frame house) in which the founding Congress of the CPC was held on 23 July 1921, an “oath-taking hall”, and a 3,400 sqm. new Memorial Hall. Opened only last month, the Exhibition hall features over 1,100 documents, artifacts and exhibits tracing the beginnings of the CPC, and its subsequent journey tracking landmark changes in China and its remarkable rise in the past 40 years.

“The memorial presents the story China’s struggles and impressive achievements in the last century, and the keystone role of Shanghai, our host city, in the CPC’s annals. As diplomats, the visit provided us valuable insights into the Party and its evolution, which inform our understanding of what shapes and drives China’s rise, policies and actions,” commented Consul General Josel F. Ignacio.

The site is an important Shanghai landmark, with 1.4 million visitors – visiting foreign dignitaries, diplomats, tourists and the Chinese public -- in 2018 and 2019. Numbers tapered off when the COVID-19 pandemic broke out, but has since again picked up, boosted by the CPC Centenary and the site’s additions and expansion.

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China celebrated the CPC’s centenary on 01 July. President Rodrigo Duterte has himself felicitated China on the occasion. At the CPC and World Political Parties Summit on 06 July, he joined “in celebrating this important milestone marking a century of the CPC’s visionary leadership” that “oversaw China’s extraordinary rise to prosperity, lifting over 800 million Chinese out of extreme poverty and driving a global growth in the process.” END

Filipino Architects call on Consulate General, talk cooperation on shared advocacies and priorities

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Shanghai, 16 July – Consul General Josel F. Ignacio received today the new officers of the United Architects of the Philippines-Shanghai Chapter (UAP-SC) on their introductory call.

Consul Marlowe A. Miranda and Tourism Attaché Ireneo Reyes joined the Consul General in receiving new UAP-SC President Herbert A. Recato, Vice President for Programs and Development Mark Gregory M. Pascasio, Secretary Myryl C. Veloso, Treasurer Rogelio A. Diche, Jr., and Director Hans Eliel A. Domingo.

The visiting UAP-SC officials briefed the Consul General on the organization’s history, and thrusts, before outlining the new leadership’s workplan for the 2021-2022.

The Consulate General expressed appreciation for UAP-SC’s initiatives to foster contact and camaraderie among Filipino architects in Shanghai and across China, support their welfare and professional advancement, and to implement assistance and charitable projects in the Philippines. Consul General Ignacio affirmed the Consulate General’s own readiness to be of assistance.

uap2 The meeting saw animated exchanges on potential collaboration to further raise the profile of Filipino architects and other professionals in Shanghai, as well as to enhance Chinese appreciation of Philippine architecture and architectural heritage. Both sides recognized that Manila and Shanghai’s identity as metropolises combining the old and new as well as traditional, colonial and modern architectural styles provide fertile ground on which to cultivate and enhance linkages between the two cities. END

ASEAN Consulates set sights on enhanced visibility, clout in Shanghai and Yangtze River Delta Region

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Shanghai – Philippine Consul General Josel F. Ignacio and the seven other Shanghai-based Consuls General of ASEAN Member States have agreed to a collective and coordinated campaign to raise ASEAN’s visibility and sway in the Chinese financial capital and the larger, equally dynamic Yangtze River Delta Region.

The consensus was reached at a working dinner hosted by Thai Consul General Lada Phumas at her Official Residence in Changning District on 7 July. Auguring well for the effort, all eight ASEAN Consuls General made time from their respective full calendars to prioritize this assembly and demonstrate their respective missions’ solidarity.

Currently, eight of 10 ASEAN countries maintain consular missions in Shanghai. Their Consuls General are Mr. Neang Samrithkomar (Cambodia), Mr. Deny Wachyudi Kurnia (Indonesia), Mr. Bouaphat Phoutthavong (Lao PDR), Mr. Syed Farizal Aminy bin Syed Mohamad (Malaysia), Mr. Josel Francisco Ignacio (Philippines), Mr. Chua Teng Hoe (Singapore) and Mr. Ninh Thanh Cong (Vietnam).

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The move comes at an auspicious year for relations between ASEAN and China relations, which are celebrating this year the 30^th anniversary of Dialogue Relations, and as ASEAN missions prepare to commemorate the 54^th Founding Anniversary of ASEAN on 8^th August 2021.

The Philippines is currently Coordinator Country for ASEAN-China Dialogue Relations, a position it will relinquish in August, after three years. In this capacity, Secretary of Foreign Affairs Teodoro L. Locsin, Jr., co-chaired with Chinese State Councilor and Minister of Foreign Affairs Wang Yi on 07 June 2021, the Special ASEAN-China Foreign Ministers’ Meeting in Celebration of the 30^th Anniversary of the Dialogue Relations in Chongqing. END

"Tales of the Manuvu" special streaming, 16-18 July 2021

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The Department of Foreign Affairs, in cooperation with the Cultural Center of the Philippines, invites everyone to the special streaming of the rock opera ballet “Tales of the Manuvu” featuring Ballet Philippines and Radioactive Sago Project. The classic presentation tells the story of creation of the Indigenous Peoples of Manobo. Choreography and libretto by National Artists Alice Reyes and Bienvenido Lumbera respectively.

Catch it for 72 hours starting 12:01 am on 16 July at https://tinyurl.com/DFA-Tales-of-the-Manuvu.