IN strengthening bilateral relations between the Philippines and China, diplomatic activities and cultural exchanges between the two countries, both at the state-to-state and people-to-people levels, are pivotal ingredients in enhancing mutual understanding, cooperation, friendships, and the resolution of differences and conflicts of interests.

In the same manner that the inter-state relations between the two countries are significant, people-to-people ties are thus far one of the building blocks that strongly bind the bilateral relations of China and the Philippines.