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Congratulations on your graduation. So, now what?

This is probably the question most graduates have to grapple with after the euphoria of graduation day has dissipated. After the graduation dinners and parties, graduates need to confront the uncertainty and excitement of the “real world.” That is not to say that life in schools and universities was not real. It just means that the challenges you will now face are greater and, in all likelihood, you need to navigate that world with a degree of autonomy.

Our economic managers have predicted that the Philippines is set to join the ranks of upper-middle-income economies this year on the back of sustained economic growth of above 6 percent, after being stuck in the lower-middle-income group for decades.

President Rodrigo Duterte is set to embark on his fourth trip to China this week. During his state visit here last year, Chinese President Xi Jinping extended the invitation to PRRD to attend the Second Belt and Road Forum (BRF). This visit follows three previous presidential trips to China—a state visit in October 2016, participation in the First Belt and Road Forum in May 2017, and the Boao Forum in April, 2018.