Exclusive - Meet The Chinese Billionaire Who Funded Two Huge Drug Rehabilitation Centers in The Country

President Rodrigo Duterte finally met the businessman helping him improve the rehabilitation for the drug addicts in the Philippines.

Huang Rulun is a Chinese billionaire who funded two huge rehabilitation centers in the Philippines. Duterte had a brief meeting with Huang at the end of his visit in China.

But before Huang became a philantrophist, he came from rags. Born to a poor family in coastal Fujian province, Huang was a small-time businessman in the Philippines back in 1980's.

He spent five years in Binondo before returning home to found a construction company, Century Golden Resources Group.

According to the company's web site, Century Golden employs an estimate of 20,000 people. Currently, it has 20 five-star hotels and 10 shopping malls including the major Century City complex in Beijing.

Despite all of the success, Huang maintains a low profile in China.

According to a statement from Century Golden, after a meeting with Huang, Duterte said that being able to meet him made his October visit to China "more complete."

"[The Philippines] needs friends like Huang," Duterte said.

For Duterte, Huang's support for the rehabilitation centers is sharp opposite to the criticism of Duterte's drugs war by the US and and UE.

China, Duterte said, had offered help "without boasting, without news, without publicity".

"This is how you treat your friends," he said in a speech. "You do not go about reprimanding."