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Consul General Ignacio meets with Eminent International Affairs Scholar Dr. Yang Jiemian

Consulate, Shanghai Institutes for International Studies talk future exchanges

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Shanghai, 5 August 2021 – Consul General Josel F. Ignacio was warmly received today by respected Chinese international relations scholar Dr. YANG Jiemian, President Emeritus of the Shanghai Institutes for International Studies (SIIS), at the Institute’s home in Xuhui District.

The call marks an auspicious and good start for the Consulate General’s drive to engage Shanghai’s leading think tanks and thought leaders.

An esteemed figure in policy circles within and without China, Dr. Yang is, among others, Senior Fellow and Chairman of the SIIS Academic Affairs Council, and Counsellor of Shanghai Municipal People's Government. He holds degrees from the Shanghai Teachers’ University, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy and the Shanghai International Studies University, and sits on the boards of the China National Association for International Studies, Chinese People Institute of Foreign Affairs, National Association of China-U.S. Friendship, Shanghai Association of Taiwan Studies and other organizations.

Notably, Dr. Yang is the brother of the Hon. Yang Jiechi, former Foreign Minister and currently Director of the Office of the Foreign Affairs Commission of the Communist Party of China’s Central Committee.

Consul General Ignacio and Dr. Yang engaged in a warm, candid and extended exchange of views on various topics of mutual interest. These included sustaining the forward momentum of bilateral ties, advancing the ASEAN-China Dialogue Relationship, COVID-19 cooperation and recovery. Dr. Yang welcomed the Consul General’s mention and cognizance of the constructive role and value of Track Two diplomacy, including think tank and academic linkages, in promoting cooperation and overcoming difficult issues.

A Shanghainese, Dr. Yang also conveyed his interest in fostering closer engagement spanning the full gamut of relations between his home city and the Philippines as well as other ASEAN Member States.

The Consul General confirmed that this dovetailed with the Consulate General’s own thrust and consistent with the Philippines’ track record. He recalled the early manifestation of support for China and Shanghai’s “opening up” by companies such as Liwayway (China) Co. Ltd., Metrobank, and Dai-ichi Electronics Shanghai Co. Ltd., all of which set up shop in the city in the 1990s. He also outlined plans to revitalize Sister City ties between Manila and Shanghai and to proactively to build Philippine economic and people-to-people linkages with the Yangtze River Delta Region.

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Consul General Ignacio was accompanied at the call by Deputy Consul General Marlowe A. Miranda and Consul Conrado B. Demdem, Jr. Dr. Yang was backstopped by SIIS Department of International Exchanges Director Mme. Zhu Juhua and Mr. Zhou Shengsheng.

Founded in 1960, the SIIS is a government-affiliated think tank which also advises the Chinese Government on foreign policy and security matters. With over 100 visiting fellows and support staff members and the support of the Shanghai Municipal People’s Government, the SIIS’ work focuses on countries and regions, as well as thematic issues such as economics, public policy, and international strategic studies. END

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PH Consulate General Personnel complete Online Gender Sensitivity Training Course

SHANGHAI, 10 August 2021 – All fourteen Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) organic personnel assigned at the Consulate General here, as well as two local Chinese staff, successfully completed the DFA’s Online Gender Sensitivity Training (GST) Course, and were awarded Certificates of Completion.

The Online GST Course was the first offering of the DFA under its Learning Management System (LMS) platform, launched in March this year.

All Philippine Foreign Service missions, through their respective Gender and Development (GAD) Focal Points, were mandated beginning 28 June to have their personnel take and complete the course within a prescribed period. The Philippine Consulate General in Shanghai achieved a 100% completion and passing rate.

The GST Course was developed by the UP Social Action for Research Development Foundation Inc., and Buri Technologies Inc., in partnership with the DFA’s GAD Secretariat. Over nine online modules, the course discussed basic gender concepts, gender roles, gender mainstreaming, and gender analysis, with a view to sensitizing personnel on gender equality, women empowerment, and gender issues arising at work.

GAD-competency building is a key priority of the DFA. END

ASEAN flag flies High in Shanghai on 54th Anniversary Consul General Ignacio addresses ceremony

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Shanghai – Officials of the eight Consulates General of ASEAN Member States in Shanghai assembled at the Royal Thai Consulate General on 06 August to raise the ASEAN flag in honor of the organization’s 54^th Founding Anniversary.

Leading the ceremony were Consuls General Neang Samrithkomar of Cambodia, Deny W. Kurnia of Indonesia, Syed Farizal Aminy Syed Mohamad of Malaysia, Josel Francisco Ignacio of the Philippines, Chua Teng Hoe of Singapore, Lada Phumas of Thailand and Ninh Thanh Cong of Viet Nam. Lao PDR was represented by Acting Consul General Phakhansith Phomchaleun.

Guesting at the event were officials of the Foreign Affairs Office of the Shanghai Municipal Government led by Consular Affairs Director Mme. Yan Yanqiu.

Consul General Ignacio was principal speaker and delivered a well-received address. “One cannot help but marvel at the prescience that accompanied ASEAN’s birth”, said the Consul General, citing some of the purposes of ASEAN inscribed in the Bangkok Declaration of 8 August 1967. “These remain the guideposts and aspirations by which ASEAN evolves as fulcrum, driver and architect of regional security and development cooperation and chief catalyst for relevant regional action.” He also paid tribute to the role of ASEAN-China Dialogue Relations, which also marks its 30^th anniversary this year.

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It was the first such flag-raising ceremony by ASEAN Consulates General in recent memory. Apart from the anniversary, the Consuls General also organized the ceremony to kick off a reinvigorated, sustained and deliberate effort to raise the profile of ASEAN in Shanghai and the larger, fast-growing Yangtze River Delta Region. With the city’s rapid rise as a growth engine and global city with vast international links, Shanghai has become the locus of fierce competition for business, political and even diplomatic attention.

Currently, eight out of ten ASEAN Member States maintain consular missions in Shanghai, whose respective consular jurisdictions also generally cover the provinces of Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Anhui. The Philippine Consulate General has oversight over the same areas, with the addition of Hubei province. END