The total for 1988 exceeded US $ 100 million, and trade between the two countries reached about US $ 850 million, more than triple the trade between the Philippines and the mainland.
一九八八年，我國工商界人士在菲律賓投資金額超過一億美元，而中菲兩國雙邊貿易總額，約達八億五千萬美元，也較中國大陸與菲的貿易額高出二倍以上。