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Welcome to the Philippine
Consulate General in Shanghai. The Consulate General was established on 10
July 2002. It is the fifth Philippine Foreign Service Post in China after
the Philippine Embassy in Beijing and the Consulates in Hong Kong, Xiamen
and Guangzhou. The Consulate General has jurisdiction over the Municipality
of Shanghai and the provinces of Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Anhui and Hubei.
PROFILE:
CONSUL GENERAL
Consul General Maria
Rowena Mendoza Sanchez is a career diplomat who joined the Philippine
Foreign Service in 1978 and passed the Foreign Service Officers Examination
in 1979. She took courses in Social Work and Development Management and has
undergone training courses at the Foreign Service Institute on political and
economic analyses, economic diplomacy, environmental concerns, cultural
diplomacy, career management and organizational development.
She was Chief Coordinator
of the Department of Foreign Affairs under President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo
when she served concurrently as Secretary of Foreign Affairs, the late
Secretary Blas F. Ople and his successor, Secretary Delia Domingo Albert.
In the Home Office, she has held various executive position such as Acting
Assistant Secretary of Foreign Affairs of the Office of Personnel and
Administrative Services and the Office of United Nations and Other
International Organizations, Member, Board of Foreign Service Examinations,
Executive Director of the Office of the Undersecretary for Migrant Workers’
Affairs, Secretary-General of the Philippine Claims and Compensation
Commission Secretariat, Officer-in-Charge of the Office of the
Undersecretary for Special Concerns and Acting Chairman, Overseas Absentee
Voting Secretariat.
Prior to her assignment to Shanghai, she served overseas as Consul General
in San Francisco, California, U.S.A. from 2004-2007, Deputy Chief of Mission
and Consul General at the Philippine Embassy in London from 1997-2000 with
concurrent accreditation to Dublin, Ireland and Reykjavik, Iceland. She was
also Acting Philippine Permanent Representative to the International
Maritime Organization, London in 1998. She was posted as Consul at the
Philippine Consulate General in Chicago from 1994 to 1997 and was assigned
to the Philippine Embassies in Washington D.C. from 1982 to 1987 and Ottawa
from 1987 to 1990 in various capacities.
Consul General Sanchez is the second Consul General assigned to Shanghai. She assumed her position on 09 August 2007.
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Consul General Maria Rowena Mendoza Sanchez with
Shanghai Vice Mayor Tang Dengjie |
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TO CONTACT US:
Philippine Consulate General – Shanghai
Address: Suite 368 Shanghai Centre
1376
Nanjing West Road, Shanghai 200040
Telephone: +86 (21) 6279-8337
Facsimile: +86 (21) 6279-8332
Email:
pcg@philcongenshanghai.org
Visa Section
Telephone: +(86)(21) 6279-8337
Facsimile: +86 (21) 6279-8332
Email: pcg@philcongenshanghai.org
Visa Hours:
9:00
a.m. to 12 n.n. Mondays - Fridays
Visa/Document Releasing Time:
5:00 to
5:30 p.m. Mondays—Fridays
Philippine Tourism Office
Address: Suite 527 Shanghai Centre
1376
Nanjing West Road, Shanghai 200040
Telephone: +86 (21) 6279-7550
Facsimile: +86 (21) 6279-7537
Email:
philtour@philcongenshanghai.org
Philippine Trade and Investment Centre
Address: Suite 1711 Shanghai Mart
2299
Yan'an West Road, Shanghai 200336
Telephone: +86 (21) 6236-7297
Facsimile: +86 (21) 6236-7576
Email:
dtishanghai@yahoo.com
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A. Regular Holidays:
Maundy Thursday
Good Friday
Araw ng Kagitingan
Labor Day
Independence Day
National Heroes Day
Bonifacio Day
Christmas Day
Rizal Day
Eid'l Fitr (Feast of Ramadan)
B. Special
(Non-Working Holidays
EDSA Revolution Anniversary
Ninoy Aquino Day
All Saints Day
Additional Special (non-working) Day
Additional Special (non-working) day
Last
Day of the Year
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20
March
21
March
7
April (Monday), Monday nearest 9 April
1 May
(Thursday)
9
June (Monday), Monday nearest 12 June
25
August (Monday), last Monday of August
1
December (Monday), Monday nearest 30 November
25
December (Thursday)
30
December (Tuesday)
To be
confirmed
25
February (Monday)
18
August (Monday), Monday nearest 21 August
1
November (Saturday)
26
December (Friday)
29
December (Monday)
31
December (Wednesday)
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