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Pursuant to the Agreement on Scientific and Technical Cooperation between the Government of the Republic of the Philippines and the Government of the People's Republic of China signed in Manila on March 14, 1978, the Philippine Delegation headed by Ramon B. Cardenas, Deputy Minister of Economic Planning and Deputy Director-General of the National Economic and Development Authority of the Republic of the Philippines and the Chinese Delegation headed by Vice-Minister Wei Yuming of the Ministry of Foreign Economic Relations and Trade of the People's Republic of China, convened the Fifth Session on Philippine-Chinese Scientific and Technical Cooperation in Manila from December 7 to December 17, 1982.

The lists of delegates of the Republic of the Philippines and the People's Republic of China appear as Annex I.

The two Parties reviewed with satisfaction the implementation of the scientific and technical cooperation programme for the year 1982. As regards the Chinese project under the Third Protocol entitled "Study on the development of copper mines, mining methods and process of ore dressing", the two Parties agreed to implement the said project in 1983.

As a result of friendly consultations, the two Parties reached the following agreements on matters concerning the scientific and technical cooperation programme for 1983:

1. The Republic of the Philippines agrees to the undertaking of the Chinese projects as outlined in Annex II to this Protocol;

2. The People's Republic of China agrees to the undertaking of the Philippine projects as outlined in Annex III to this Protocol;

3. The Party which sends the study groups shall bear the travel expenses of such groups to and from the country of the receiving Party. The receiving Party shall bear the expenses for the food, accommodation, medical care and internal transport of such groups;

4. Seeds, seedlings, specimens and similar materials for experiments, as well as technical information and data, shall be exchanged by the two Parties free of charge and shall be delivered by the providing Party to the Embassy of the receiving Party with relevant transfer documents to be signed by the representatives of the two Parties; and

5. Any additional projects and/or activities of scientific and technical cooperation which may be proposed by either Party in the course of implementing this Protocol may, by mutual agreement through diplomatic channels, be implemented in the 1983 programme year and shall be included for record purposes in the Protocol of the next session.

The two Parties also agreed that each Party, in addition to presenting requests, may offer projects and/or activity proposals on scientific and technical cooperation for the consideration of the other Party.

The two Parties further agreed that the Sixth Session on Philippine-Chinese Scientific and Technical Cooperation shall be held in Beijing in the second half of 1983 at a date to be set through diplomatic channels.

Annexes I, II and III shall form integral parts of this Protocol.

Done in Manila on December 16, 1982, in two original copies in the English language, both being equally authentic.
                                                    

FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF THE	FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF THE
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES	PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA
(Sgd.) RAMON B. CARDENAS	(Sgd.) WEI YUMING
Deputy Minister of Economic Planning	Vice-Minister
and Deputy Director-General	Ministry of Foreign Economic
National Economic and Development	Relations and Trade
Authority