Recently, the Chinese-built Chico River Pump Irrigation Project (CRPIP) has been officially completed. The project, which started in 2018, is one of the flagship projects of the "Build, Build, Build" program in the Philippines, and is also a key infrastructure project and livelihood project promoted by the Chinese and Philippine governments. Its progress has always been of interest to all circles in the Philippines. CRPIP will provide long-term stable irrigation water for about 8,700 hectares of land in the main production area of the "Rice Granary", benefiting more than 5,000 local farmers. "The cooperation between the Philippines and China in agricultural irrigation will benefit more Filipinos," said Eduardo Guillen, acting administrator of the Philippine National Irrigation Administration. Antonio I · Basilio, chairman of the PECC Philippine National Committee, told reporters that the Philippines and China are both developing countries and large agricultural countries, and agricultural cooperation is an important part of Philippine-China cooperation. He said that "the Chico River Pump Irrigation Project is a practical livelihood project that will polish the signature of the local 'Rice Granary' and improve the local economic and social development. As the relationship between the two countries grows closer, Philippine-China agricultural cooperation will come to a new level."
