AGRICULTURE

Both sides commit to expand cooperation in agriculture, particularly in such areas as agricultural technology and infrastructure, agricultural trade, irrigation, climate change adaptation and mitigation and compliance with animal and plant sanitary standards.

Both sides agree to strengthen cooperation on animal and plant inspection and quarantine. The Philippines welcomes China’s announcement to restore permits of relevant Philippine enterprises that export bananas and pineapples to China, and to continue to import vapor heat- treated mangoes. Both sides will undertake joint efforts to promote cooperation in the fields of high-quality hybrid rice seeds, and further develop the role of the Sino-Phil Center for Agricultural Technology.