Chinese Media Delegation Exchanged Views with Philippine Counterparts

On 29 June 2017, Chinese Media Delegation participating in the third Chinese Media Reporting Trip to ASEAN organized by ASEAN-China Centre (ACC) exchanged views with representatives of Presidential Communications Operations Office of the Philippines (PCOO), and the media affiliated to PCOO, namely Philippine Information Agency, Philippine Broadcasting Service, Philippine News Agency and People's Television Network.

Mr. Michel Kristian Ablan, Assistant Secretary of PCOO, and Ms. Josephine Ong Cayabyab, Focal Person for the Bilateral Communications Office of the Press Secretary of PCOO, stated that PCOO has built close connections with the Information Office of State Council of China, and actively pushed forward Philippine media to enhance exchanges and cooperation with Chinese counterparts. Currently, there are 28 Philippine journalists who are receiving training in China. China also offered a series of broadcasting equipments to the Philippines for which the Philippines is greatly grateful to China. PCOO expected to further strengthen cooperation with China in the future in order to foster both sides’ media contacts and exchanges, and mutual understandings and interpersonal friendships of both sides’ peoples. Mr. Dino, General Manager of People’s Television Network, opined that People’s Television Network is conducting programme exchange with China Global Television Network (CGTN). The Chinese documentaries about Chinese history, culture, economic development played in every Saturday is conducive to Philippine people to comprehensively and deeply learn about China.  

Chinese and Philippine journalists respectively briefed their own media, and had a warm discussion on topics like the development and transformation of media under new circumstances, the development of social media, the integration of new media and traditional media. Chinese journalists actively raised questions, and Philippine side also paid equivalent attention. 

H.E. Mme. Yang Xiuping, Secretary-General of ACC attended the discussion, and outlined the efforts ACC made for facilitating ASEAN-China media cooperation. She encouraged both sides’ media to enhance contacts and connections with each other and together make more contributions to people-to-people bonds.