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Consul General visits Shanghai HQ of PH Snack Food Giant Liwayway (China) Co. Ltd.

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Shanghai – Consul General Josel F. Ignacio visited the headquarters of Liwayway (China) Co. Ltd., in Qingpu District on 23 July, where he and fellow Consulate officers were warmly received by top management led by Chairman and CEO Mr. Larry A. Chan and Executive Director Mr. Archie A. Chan, together with the company’s Filipino employees.

The Consul General was accompanied by Consul Marlowe A. Miranda, Economic Officer Consul Conrado B. Demdem, Jr., and Tourism Attaché Ireneo H. Reyes. They were toured around the company’s offices and shown the company’s broad and diverse snack product line under the Oishi brand, marketed in China as Oishi 上好佳 (Shanghaojia).

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Following the tour, Liwayway executives briefed the Consulate General on the company’s operations and performance in China and elsewhere, as well as on its charitable activities and initiatives to promote people-to-people ties between the Philippines and China.

Consul General Ignacio warmly congratulated Liwayway for its solid gains in China and its support for bilateral ties. “Private enterprises can be a positive force supporting state-to-state relations. Liwayway is one such firm. In Shanghai, the Philippines basks partly in reflected light coming off the good name Liwayway and the Chan family have built. Now a global brand, we wish the company further success”, Consul General Ignacio said.

Showing confidence in China in the 1990s in the early stages of the latter’s vaunted ‘reform and opening up”, Liwayway’s entry encouraged other foreign players to enter the Chinese market, a contribution publicly acknowledged by Chinese officials. For this and the popularity of its products, Oishi was recognized as a “Shanghai Famous Brand” and “Shanghai Famous Trademark” in 2000 and 2001, respectively.

Family patriarch Mr. Carlos Chan, who helmed Oishi’s venturing into China and is currently Presidential Special Envoy to the country, was conferred the city’s Magnolia Gold Award in 1998 and was made Honorary Citizen in 2005. CEO Larry Chan was also bestowed the latter distinction in 2017. Liwayway currently has 13 factories and an extensive network of sales offices in the country, bolstering manufacturing presence and market coverage.

The visit is part of the Consul General’s familiarization tour of Philippine enterprises in the city, with a view to promoting Philippine brands and advancing other key economic diplomacy goals. END

Consulate General engages China’s Silicon Valley on Cooperation on tech SMEs and startups

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Shanghai, 30 July 2021 – Opportunities for investment, financing and other linkages between China’s “Silicon Valley” and Philippine tech players and startups were front and center at the July 29 meeting between the Consulate General and the Zhangjiang Group (ZG), state administrators of Zhangjiang Science City (ZSC) at the Parkyard Hotel.

Established in 1992 as the Zhangjiang Hi-Tech Park, ZSC is a 220-sq.km hub hosting world-class industry clusters of over 24,000 global and Chinese companies, R&D institutes, MNC regional headquarters, and universities.

Home to over 400,000 “talents”, whose ranks include five Nobel Peace laureates, foreign employees and 7,500 Chinese who graduated overseas, ZSC is gaining global reputation especially in life sciences and biomedicine, digital information, and artificial intelligence.

zhangjiang2b cc The Consul General was accompanied by Consul Marlowe A. Miranda, Consul Conrado B. Demdem, Jr., Shanghai-Philippine Trade and Investment Center (PTIC) Chief Mr. Mario Tani, and Tourism Attaché Mr. Ireneo Reyes.

Chairman Yuan, for his part, was backstopped by Vice Manager Mr. FENG Da, Business Development Director Ms. Chelsea LU, and Marketing Manager Ms. Jin LU.

Working as a country, the Consulate General, PTIC and Philippine Department of Tourism made case for bringing together Philippine and Zhangjiang players in cooperative, mutually beneficial linkages. In particular, the Consulate General highlighted the opportunities offered by the nascent but healthy tech startup sector in the Philippines for venture capitalists based at the ZSC.

Responding positively, ZG confirmed the interest of ZSC companies and entities in overseas forays, including the Philippines, for venture capital, investments and even for markets for its goods, technologies and services.

Both sides reached understanding on undertaking a series of initial activities such as online pocket sessions, presentations, and site visits to the ZSC by the Consulate General, to engage ZSC locators.

ZG offered to organize and promote this and other activities at ZSC by the Consulate General and, should travel normalize, by visiting PH officials and industry leaders.

From January to November 2020, the total industrial output of ZSC increased 14% year-on-year to RMB 270.39 billion (USD 38.63 billion). Some of the leading global names and brands at the park are QUALCOMM, BROADCOM, NVIDIA, Roche, Pfizer, AstraZeneca, Johnson & Johnson, GSK, Microsoft, IBM, Alibaba, Baidu, Honeywell, and AMD.

The Consulate General expressed thanks to Parkyard Hotel through its General Manager, Mr. Tony Azarias, for hosting and facilitating the meeting. END

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Consul General Ignacio, Consular Corps trace history of National People’s Congress in pictures

Shanghai – Consul General Josel F. Ignacio joined diplomats from 31 other consular missions last 22 July at a photo exhibit tracing the history of the National People's Congress of China (NPC).

Staged at the historic Shanghai Workers' Cultural Palace in Huangpu District, “Exploration to the System of People’s Congress and its Practice in Shanghai” (sic) featured a well curated collection of historic photographs and facsimiles of historical documents. The exhibit afforded guests a panoramic view of the evolution of the NPC from its beginnings in the Republican era, through the establishment of the People’s Republic, up until the present. Mirroring its stature as birthplace of the CPC, the exhibition also highlighted Shanghai’s prominent role in the People’s Congress’ hagiography.

shcongtour2c cc The tour was hosted by the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Shanghai Municipal People’s Congress (SMPC) led by Professor Gao Deyi, Member of the SMPC Standing Committee and Chairman of its Foreign Affairs Committee. Supporting him were officials of the Shanghai Municipal Government’s Foreign Affairs Office led by Deputy Director General Fu Jihong.

The participating diplomats toured a second exhibition at the premises dubbed “Craftsmen of the Great Country”. Featuring a mix of live demonstrations, displays of vintage items, scale models, and multimedia presentations. the focus was on China’s rich heritage of traditional crafts and artisans, and how the underlying creativity, skill and inventiveness helped drive China’s journey to modernization, industrialization, and technological advancement. END