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Shanghai, 13 October 2021 – Philippine Consulate General Economic Officer Consul Conrado Demdem, Jr. and Attaché Ronaldo Villanueva joined other Shanghai-based diplomats at the WorldSkills Shanghai 2022 Consulate Engagement Event hosted by the Shanghai Municipal People’s Government with China’s Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security at the Shanghai Tower on 12 October.

The event was designed to brief foreign government representatives on the city’s preparations for its hosting of the 46th WorldSkills Competition (WSC 2022) a year from now, on 12-17 October 2022. The event was originally slated to be held this year, but for prevailing global pandemic-related travel restrictions. Among the speakers were Shanghai Vice Mayor and WorldSkills 2002 Organizing Committee Deputy Director Mr. PENG Chenlei, Human Resources and Social Security Vice Minister Mr. YOU Jin, and remotely, WSI President Chris Humphries and WSI CEO David Hoey.

The conference was followed by a guided tour of the Shanghai Nanhu Vocational and Technical College (SNVTC) in Hongkou, led by SNVTC Party Secretary Mme. LU Xiulan.  The diplomats were treated to demonstrations of SNVTC students’ skills in cocktail preparation, fruit carving, coffee-making, and food presentation.

Touted as the “Olympics of WorldSkills” and dating back to 1950, the biennial WSC is the world’s highest-level vocational skills competition. The competition promotes global vocational education and training (VET) and is open to people 22 years or younger. Around 63 skills are on display cover spanning six main categories: Construction and Building Technology, Creative Arts and Fashion, Information and Communications Technology, Manufacturing and Engineering Technology, Social and Personal Services, and Transportation and Logistics. The Shanghai WSC next will have the theme, “Master Skills Change the World”.

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Consul Demdem used the occasion to meet Party Secretary LU and discuss with her the possibility of future collaboration between the SNVTC and the Philippines’ Technical Education and Skills Development Authority.  

The Philippines had participated, with much success, in past WSCs. It bagged two medals for excellence in Graphic Design and Technology and Automobile Technology WSC 2019 (45th WSC) in Kazan, Russia. At the 44th WSC in Abu Dhabi, the Philippines copped two medals for IT Software Solution for Business and Web Design Development. END

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Shanghai, 15 October 2021 – Economic Officer Consul Conrado Demdem, Jr., Commercial Vice Consul Mario Tani and Attaché Ronaldo Villanueva visited Chinese electric vehicle manufacturer ENovate’s R&D Center on 14 October, upon the invitation of Executive Vice President for Operations Mr. Brian C. Keng of PH firm Century Peak Holdings Corp.

Century Peak and Enovate have entered into a joint venture for the supply of 20,000 EV units to the Philippines and the installation of EV charging stations, initially in the National Capital Region and Cavite.

Accompanied by ENovate Finance Manager Ms. Bonnie Li, the Consulate General’s team were toured around the sprawling 200,000-square meter R&D facility in Jiading District -- home to China’s largest and most advanced automobile industry chain. They were shown ENovate’s more popular electric vehicle models---the ME7 and ME5----and the prototype fully-electric ME-Sports.

An EV startup founded in 2015, Shanghai-based ENovate combines the concepts of clean energy and clean environment with its business philosophy of “designing cars for the customers, not for the company”. END

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Shanghai, 01 October – Philippine Consul General in Shanghai Josel F. Ignacio delivered a well-received virtual address at the 7th World Internet Conference (WIC) in Wuzhen, Zhejiang Province, on the evening of 26 September.

The Consul General was one of the guest speakers at the “Dialogue on China-ASEAN Information Harbor”, a side event of the 7th WIC.

The idea of an “Information Harbor” was first proposed by China at the China-ASEAN Cyberspace Summit coinciding with the China-ASEAN Expo in 2014. Launched soon after in 2015, China envisions the China-ASEAN Information Harbor to be a platform for boosting cooperation in the internet and in digital infrastructure and economy.

Consul General Ignacio’s address trained the spotlight on the Philippines’ substantially improved innovation rankings, its gains in developing its digital economy and policies, and the rapid growth of Philippines-China economic engagement, including in terms of cross-border e-commerce. Beyond the bilateral sphere, he underscored the importance of advancing ASEAN’s own engagement with China in the field, in particular synergizing the Master Plan on ASEAN Connectivity with China’s Belt and Road Initiative.

First held on 19-21 November 2014, in Wuzhen town, the eponymous Wuzhen Summit, as the WIC is also known, has been hosted annually by the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) and the Zhejiang Provincial People's Government. It is being positioned as a forum for discussing developments and issues affecting the internet, The 2021 Conference, running from 25-28 September, focused on “Digital Civilization”. END

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