Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte (R) meets with Chinese President Xi Jinping during Mr. Xi’s visit to the Philippines on November 20, 2018 (Photo: Xinhua/VNA)

The announcement followed Tuesday’s meeting between Chinese President Xi Jinping and Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte during Mr. Xi’s visit to the Philippines.

Mr. Duterte said the two leaders discussed increasing trade and investment, and China’s involvement in his signature “Build, Build, Build” infrastructure program in the Philippines. Earlier, the two leaders witnessed the signing of 29 cooperation agreements on education, culture, industrial park development, infrastructure, and agricultural cooperatives.