Plant visit

MANILA, Philippines - Executives from the People’s Republic of China (PROC) Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and the Philippine Board of Investments (BOI) recently paid a joint visit to the assembly plant of Statemotor Corp., exclusive importer and assembler of Great Wall Cars in the Philippines, located in Las Piñas City. The plant is scheduled to begin its operations in the first quarter of this year.

In the photo are (from left) Amelito Umali, chief of motor vehicle product division, BOI; Rudy Cana, director of special programs department, BOI; Minister Xi Guo Hua Minister of the PROC Ministry of Industry and Information Technology; Allen Roxas, president and chairman of Statemotor Corp.; Wang Fu Chang, Director of PROC Ministry of Industry and Information Technology; Louis Li, president assistant R&D center and vice president, standardization committee deputy director, Great Wall Motors; and Steven Wang, marketing director, Great Wall Motors.