The Philippine national government aims to commemorate the 500th anniversary of the Filipinos' first contact with the Spanish in 1521 from a Filipino-centric point of view in 2021.

The National Quincentennial Committee (NQC) was formed for this purpose in May 2018, when President Rodrigo Duterte issued Executive Order (EO) No.

[1] President Duterte issued EO 103 on January 28, 2020, formalizing the intent for the commemorations to be "Filipino-centric" and expanded the membership and scope of the NQC.

[4] Bishop Pablo Virgilio David, representing the CBCP, rejects the notion that celebrating the 500th anniversary of the introduction of the Philippines as also celebrating the Spanish colonization of the islands, citing continued prevalence of the religion long after colonization, and asserts that Filipino ancestors were intelligent enough to accept what is good and reject what is evil among the introductions made by the Spanish in the Philippines.

[5] Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2021 QCP was held albeit modified to comply with protocols imposed in response to the health crisis.