"With the help of online digital technology, 51Talk has opened a window for thousands of children in China to communicate with foreign teachers worldwide, and it has created an online platform for China-Philippines educational cooperation," he said.

Philippine Ambassador to the People's Republic of China Jose Santiago Sta. Romana, on the other hand, shared how language-learning exposes a person to exciting new worlds and broadens one's perspective.

"Learning a language helps bridge the present embodied by our youth to a future that is full of opportunities for their personal development—that of their families and their communities," the ambassador said.

"I'm very pleased that 51Talk is giving an opportunity to 20,000 competent Filipino educators to take part in nurturing the eagerness of nearly 300,000 young Chinese people to learn the English language. This educational exchange, albeit virtual, provides an enabling environment for cultural exchange between Filipinos and the Chinese. As the demand for online-based learning surges in China brought about by the new normal, it is my hope that more doors will be opened up for more and more Filipino educators," the ambassador added.