The Philippine Ambassador to China Meets with 51Talk CEO Huang Jiajia
On the evening of September 7, the China-Philippines Education Industry Cooperation Forum hosted by the Economic Observer and co-organized by 51Talk has just come to an end. Under the enthusiastic recommendation of Mr. Antonio Valdes, the former Deputy Minister of Education of the Philippines, Mr. Jose Romana, the Philippine Ambassador to China The group was invited to meet with Huang Jiajia, the founder and CEO of 51Talk, and the two parties had a passionate and fruitful exchange on China-Philippines education industry cooperation. The ambassador especially praised 51Talk's active efforts in promoting the foreign teachers from the Philippines to enter China and expressed his willingness to provide support within its capacity.
Huang Jiajia, founder and CEO of 51Talk, cited a set of data: In 2018, China's online English education accounted for 22.58% of the overall English education, and by 2020, this number is expected to rise to 36.09%. The next ten years will continue to be a period of rapid growth in online English teaching, and the gap of high-quality foreign teachers will further increase. This provides a broad market space for the cooperation of high-quality educational resources between China and the Philippines, especially the entry of high-quality Filipino foreign teachers into China.
As the first online English training institution for youth and children in the country to tap the advantages of Philippine talents and introduce foreign teachers in the Philippines on a large scale, 51Talk has established an operation center in the Philippines since 2011. After 7 years of development, it has opened offices in 5 cities in the Philippines. There are more than 15,000 high-quality Filipino foreign teachers and more than 1,000 regular employees.
Mr. Ambassador learned with interest about 51Talk’s recruitment and training process for foreign teachers in the Philippines. The ambassador said that the educational cooperation between China and the Philippines is in the midst of unprecedented opportunities. The signing of the Memorandum of Understanding for Foreign Teachers from the Philippines to China has created unlimited possibilities for China-Philippines talent cooperation. China has the world’s largest English education and training market, and the English level and service capabilities of foreign teachers in the Philippines are recognized by the world. Chinese online English training companies represented by 51Talk are pushing China-Philippines education cooperation to a deeper and broader level in the historical wave. space. Mr. Jose Romana also thanked 51Talk for its outstanding contribution to the employment of high-quality English talents in the Philippines.
At the end of the dinner, Mr. Jose Romana happily accepted the invitation of 51Talk CEO Huang Jiajia, and said that he would visit the headquarters of 51Talk Beijing company in the near future and hold more in-depth talks. The ambassador will also visit the 51Talk Philippines office at a suitable time in October for exchanges. Huang Jiajia hopes that every progress 51Talk has made in the field of business will further promote the in-depth exchange of culture between China and the Philippines, and at the same time will continue to bring more users with high-quality foreign teachers at their fingertips, so that everyone has the ability to talk. world.