PRESIDENT BENIGNO S. C. Aquino III leaves today for a five-day visit to China even as the Palace has yet to disclose the complete details of the trip a day before his departure.
Deputy Presidential Spokesperson Abigail D. Valte yesterday only confirmed the time of the departure but left hanging other details such as the business delegation who will tag along, exact schedule and budget for the trip.
"The President is leaving at six in the evening [today]," Ms. Valte told reporters via phone, but admitted, "I’m still waiting for the documents from OES (Office of the Executive Secretary) on the China trip."
As advised earlier by the Department of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Aquino will stay for three nights and two days in Beijing, and spend one day each in Shanghai and Xiamen. He departs for Manila on Sept. 3.
Ms. Valte gave a partial list of the presidential entourage, including spokesperson Edwin Lacierda, Presidential Communications Development and Strategic Planning Undersecretary Manuel L. Quezon III, Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert F. del Rosario, Transportation and Communications Secretary Manuel "Mar" A. Roxas II, Trade Secretary Gregory L. Domingo, and Energy Secretary Rene D. Almendras.
The Palace aide, however, said she did not have "the final number" nor could she cite any names, of the accompanying business delegation.
The business delegation will be participating in three fora that the President will keynote: the Philippines-China Economic and Trade Forum in Beijing, a high-level forum in Shanghai to be attended by Yangtze River Delta government officials and business enterprises, and the Philippine-Fujian Business Conference in Xiamen, which will be attended by businessmen based in Fujian and Xiamen.
In an interview at the weekend, Mr. Lacierda described the business delegation to China as being the largest to date, about 250- to 300-strong to include prominent Filipino-Chinese individuals.
Meanwhile, the arrival of Mr. Aquino is expected to renew ties with the Chinese government, including issues on security, a Chinese official said.
The visit comes at a period of friction between Manila and Beijing over a dispute in the South China Sea, renamed by the Philippine government as West Philippine Sea.
Foreign ministry spokesman Ma Zhaoxu said in a statement China is ready to work with the Philippines to promote strategic cooperation.
"Facts proved that the sound and stable development of China-Philippines relations is in the long-term and fundamental interest of the two countries and peoples, and is conducive to regional peace, stability and prosperity," Mr. Ma said.
He said the two sides will sign several deals covering cooperation in trade, culture and media.
"The Chinese government always attaches importance to the good-neighborly relationship of cooperation with the Philippines, our neighbor and a member country of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)," Mr. Ma said.
Earlier, Philippine officials and their Chinese counterparts held a meeting in Beijing that discussed bilateral economic cooperation preparatory to Mr. Aquino’s visit.
"The President is leaving at six in the evening [today]," Ms. Valte told reporters via phone, but admitted, "I’m still waiting for the documents from OES (Office of the Executive Secretary) on the China trip."
As advised earlier by the Department of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Aquino will stay for three nights and two days in Beijing, and spend one day each in Shanghai and Xiamen. He departs for Manila on Sept. 3.
Ms. Valte gave a partial list of the presidential entourage, including spokesperson Edwin Lacierda, Presidential Communications Development and Strategic Planning Undersecretary Manuel L. Quezon III, Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert F. del Rosario, Transportation and Communications Secretary Manuel "Mar" A. Roxas II, Trade Secretary Gregory L. Domingo, and Energy Secretary Rene D. Almendras.
The Palace aide, however, said she did not have "the final number" nor could she cite any names, of the accompanying business delegation.
The business delegation will be participating in three fora that the President will keynote: the Philippines-China Economic and Trade Forum in Beijing, a high-level forum in Shanghai to be attended by Yangtze River Delta government officials and business enterprises, and the Philippine-Fujian Business Conference in Xiamen, which will be attended by businessmen based in Fujian and Xiamen.
In an interview at the weekend, Mr. Lacierda described the business delegation to China as being the largest to date, about 250- to 300-strong to include prominent Filipino-Chinese individuals.
Meanwhile, the arrival of Mr. Aquino is expected to renew ties with the Chinese government, including issues on security, a Chinese official said.
The visit comes at a period of friction between Manila and Beijing over a dispute in the South China Sea, renamed by the Philippine government as West Philippine Sea.
Foreign ministry spokesman Ma Zhaoxu said in a statement China is ready to work with the Philippines to promote strategic cooperation.
"Facts proved that the sound and stable development of China-Philippines relations is in the long-term and fundamental interest of the two countries and peoples, and is conducive to regional peace, stability and prosperity," Mr. Ma said.
He said the two sides will sign several deals covering cooperation in trade, culture and media.
"The Chinese government always attaches importance to the good-neighborly relationship of cooperation with the Philippines, our neighbor and a member country of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)," Mr. Ma said.
Earlier, Philippine officials and their Chinese counterparts held a meeting in Beijing that discussed bilateral economic cooperation preparatory to Mr. Aquino’s visit.
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