Connecting Hearts, Linking Future: China-Philippines Business Leaders Dialogue to be held in Nanning

As one of the main events of the 23rd China-ASEAN Business and Investment Summit (CABIS), the China-Philippines Business Leaders Dialogue is scheduled to be held in Nanning. With its theme “Deepening China-Philippines Economic Cooperation, Creating New Trade and Investment Opportunities”, the dialogue gives vivid expression to the theme “CAFTA 3.0 Opportunities, Better Life” of the 23rd CABIS. Against the backdrop of the full advancement of the China-ASEAN Free Trade Area (CAFTA) 3.0 and the in-depth implementation of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), the dialogue also represents another handshake between the business communities of China and the Philippines, where enterprises take the lead, the market sets the direction, and win-win results stand as the objective.

China has remained the Philippines’ largest trading partner for several consecutive years, with Philippine business associations continuing to lead delegations to China to explore new opportunities for cooperation. These pragmatic interactions demonstrate that, as a stable and positive anchor in bilateral economic relations, the business communities of both countries keep advancing mutually beneficial cooperation.

As one of the series events of Country of Honor under the framework of the 23rd China-ASEAN Expo and CABIS, the dialogue will be elaborately designed and pragmatically arranged in both format and content, in response to the new situation, new stage and new demands of China‑Philippine economic and trade cooperation. Moving beyond the one‑way communication model of conventional conferences, enterprises from both countries will engage in in‑depth face‑to‑face interaction and matchmaking sessions by industry sector. This enables entrepreneurs to shift from audience to participants, further highlighting the principal role of enterprises in economic and trade cooperation. Ahead of the dialogue, company’s profile and cooperation needs will be collected to ensure participating companies coming with concrete demands and negotiating with practical proposals. A product exhibition area will also be set up on‑site to facilitate in‑depth exchanges of both sides, enabling seamless transition from mutual understanding to tangible cooperation.

The in-depth engagement between Chinese and Philippine business communities will inject new impetus into the integration and upgrading of regional industrial and supply chains: green industry cooperation will advance regional energy transition and sustainable development; digital economy cooperation will help ASEAN countries bridge the digital divide; and coordinated efforts in agricultural industrial chains will safeguard regional food security and people’s wellbeing. Fruits of these pragmatic collaborations will continuously consolidate the foundation for cooperation between Chinese and Philippine business circles, raise the overall level of regional cooperation, and deliver tangible corporate contributions to building an even closer China‑ASEAN community with a shared future.

Centered on B2B exchanges, this dialogue highlights enterprises’ independent choices and voluntary cooperation, upholding the commitment of CABIS to the core principle of “enterprise-driven engagement”.

Against the backdrop of deepening China-ASEAN Comprehensive Strategic Partnership, the business communities of China and the Philippines will take this dialogue as a new starting point to jointly write a new chapter of mutual benefit and win‑win outcomes. This grand gathering for economic and trade cooperation represents the most sincere response from the business community to building an even closer China‑ASEAN community with a shared future.