Vice President Noli ‘Kabayan’ de Castro, also chairman of the Housing and Urban Dvelopment Coordinating Council (HUDCC), leads the groundbreaking (upper photo) in Xiamen for the Eton Center, developed by the Eton Properties Xiamen Ltd., which is managed by the Lucio Tan Group of Companies. Joining him at the  ground breaking are He Li Feng, party secretary of the CPC Committee of Xiamen City and chairman of the Stranding Committee of Xiamen Municipal People’s Congress, business magnate Dr. Lucio Tan and his wife Carmen.

Also, de Castro is briefed by Hans Sy, SM Prime Holdings president, as he tours the SM xiamen branch, one of the three SM malls in China (the two others are in Jinjiang and Chengdu). De Castro’s three-day visitto Xiamen included meetings with key business Chinese leaders on increasing trade and investments. The meeting was attended by notes Filipino-Chinese businessmen and officers of the Federation of Filipino-Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry.