Guangzhou City and Anvil Business Club on June 22 turned over to Manila Mayor Isko Moreno at Manila City Hall the donation of seven tons of school supplies worth about P6 million pesos to benefit 10,000 disadvantaged children of Manila. Mayor Isko Moreno thanked the people of Guangzhou City, Mayor Wen Guohui and their partner Anvil Business Club for the said donation.

Formerly "Canton" in the past, Guangzhou is now a major industrial and financial center, its Mayor Wen Guohui said the donation is Guangzhou's expression of friendship and solidarity with Manila City and the Philippines. Guangzhou in southern China has been a sister city of Manila since 1982. Guangzhou is part of the booming "Greater Bay Area" (GBA) consisting of nine cities and two special administrative regions in South China which includes Shenzhen, Macau and Hong Kong.

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