Philippines to import Chinese-made trains for first time

Philippine Secretary of the Department of Transportation Arthur Tugade (3rd L) and Fu Chengjun (3rd R), general manager of the China Railway Rolling Stock Corporation (CRRC) Zhuzhou Locomotive Co., Ltd., shake hands during the contract signing ceremony in Manila, the Philippines, Dec. 18, 2019. China and the Philippines signed a deal on the procurement of trains on Wednesday, as the Philippines will import Chinese-made trains for the first time. According to the contract inked by China's rolling-stock maker CRRC Zhuzhou Locomotive Co., Ltd. and Philippine National Railways (PNR) here in the Philippines' capital Manila, the PNR will import three trains from the Chinese train maker. (Xinhua/Yuan Mengchen)