President Ferdinand Marcos Jr named on Wednesday Philippine Ambassador to the United Kingdom Teodoro Locsin Jr as special envoy to China.

He will hold the post in a concurrent capacity, said Presidential Communications Secretary Cheloy Garafil.

Locsin was foreign affairs secretary from 2018 to 2022.

His appointment came at a time when the Philippines protested China's move of blocking resupply ships to soldiers at a grounded Navy vessel in Ayungin Shoal. DMS