The Philippines Speaker:Jane

With an area of 280,000 square kilometers and a population of 92 With an area of 280,000 square kilometers and a population of 92.2 millions,The Philippines is an island country that is made up of 7107 islands located in eastern Asia and the western Pacific occean .The Philippines is an English-speaking country.In the history ,It was a colony of the United States and Japan.

The capital city is Manila(马尼拉),It’s the centre of the country’s politics,economy,culture and religion.And it has a beautiful name,that is ,”The garden of tropical flowers(热带花园之都）”

1 RMB=7.3506 Peso The Philippines is one of the richest countries in Asia in the 60s and 70s just like Japan .At present, it is a new industry country and a new market in world economy.In 2004,it ranks 37 in the world by purchasing power according to the World Bank Its currency is Peso(比索)

Agriculture 菲律宾是个农业国，农业人口占总人口的２／３以上，有40％的劳动力靠农业为生。椰子、甘蔗、马尼拉麻和烟草是菲律宾的四大经济作物. 菲律宾盛产椰子、香蕉、芒果、凤梨，其中椰子产量和出口量均占全世界总产量和出口量的六成以上。 Philippines is an agricultural country, the agricultural population accounts for 2 / 3 above, 40% of the labor force depends on agriculture for a living. Coconut, sugar cane, Manila hemp and tobacco is the four major economic crops in Philippines. Philippines is rich in coconut, banana, mango, pineapple, wherein the output and export volume accounted for the world total coconut both output and export volume of six into above.

服务业在国民经济中占有主要地位，其产值占国民生产总值的52%左右。近几年来，服务业产值逐年增长。 The service industry plays a major role in the national economy, its output value accounted for about 52% of the gross national production. In recent years, service industry output value increased year by year. 旅游业是菲外汇收入重要来源之一,主要旅游点有：百胜滩、蓝色港湾、碧瑶市等 Tourism is one of the Philippine foreign exchange income important source, the main tourist spots are: Pagsanjan, blue harbour, Baguio City etc.

水产资源丰富，金枪鱼资源居世界前列。 Rich in aquatic resources, tuna resources in the world. 矿产资源主要有铜、金、银、铁、铬、镍等２０余种 Copper, gold, silver, iron, chromium, nickel and so on more than 20 kinds of main mineral resources

森林资源丰富，有红木、樟木等名贵木材，面积１２５０万公顷 Rich in forest resources, with a mahogany, camphor and other valuable timber, the area of 12500000 hectares 丰富的地热资源，预计有２０.９亿桶原油标准能源 Rich geothermal resources, an estimated 2090000000 barrels of crude oil standard for energy

菲律宾农产品出口主要是椰子类产品、水果、水产品，椰子类产品主要是椰子油，其次是干椰子粉、椰肉油饼. Philippines exports of agricultural products is the main coconut products, fruits, aquatic products, coconut products mainly coconut oil, coconut powder, coconut, followed by dry cake. 水果主要是香蕉、菠萝、芒果；水产品主要是虾、金枪鱼和海藻及卡拉胶。 The fruit is mainly bananas, pineapple, mango; aquatic products mainly shrimp, tuna and seaweed and carrageenan.

中国与菲律宾于1975年6月9日建交。建交以来，中国与菲律宾总体发展顺利，各领域合作成绩显著 Chinese and Philippines established diplomatic relations in June 9, 1975. Since the establishment of diplomatic ties, Philippines overall development China and smooth cooperation in various fields, remarkable achievements.

在菲律宾，中国游客多次被绑架，中国政府要求菲律宾作出解释与道歉。但是，菲律宾的态度很坚定，不肯道歉，还说自己没错。 In Philippines, many China tourists kidnapped, China government asked Philippines to explain and apologize. However, Philippines's attitude is very firm, refused to apologize, said in their own right. 中国与菲律宾在黄岩岛问题上出现分歧，菲律宾视图霸占黄岩岛。 Chinese and Philippines on the Huangyan island issue appeared divided, Philippines view to occupy the island of Huangyan. After these two things, relations with Philippines China become worsen.

菲律宾是一个自然风光美丽的群岛国家，共有7000多座岛屿，是最受西方文化影响的亚洲国家之一。 Philippines is a beautiful natural scenery archipelago, a total of more than 7000 islands, is one of the most under the influence of western culture in Asian countries. 菲律宾拥有美丽的文化景点和建筑，因此受到外国游客的欢迎。 Philippines has a beautiful cultural attractions and buildings, so by the foreign visitors welcome. 菲律宾政府为了鼓励外商投资旅游业，推广了一项（PIPP）菲律宾投资计划，以促进外商投资和市场开发。 The government of Philippines in order to encourage foreign investment in the tourism industry, the promotion of a (PIPP) Philippines investment plan, in order to facilitate foreign investment and market development. Therefore, the best investment opportunities in Philippines's tourism industry

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