Boao Forum to
foster closer
PH-Chi
TO proDota the Philip-
pines and Chila's rela.
tions and economic tieq
Speaker Gloria Macapa-
gaf.Arovo win sperrhead
tlretrrd el'er Boo Fontm
for Asia GFA) in Msnila
today anal tomorrow to be
attended t'y Presidert Ro
drigo Duterte.
The event will foster
closer ties and @eate gooal-
will between t}e Ptrilippines
and China, building on the
momentum for cooperatioq
created by Duterte and hee-
ident Xi Jinping during his
E State Visit last November.
Anoyo, who extended
tlle invitation t,o the BFA t}e Chinese enterpd.ses in
to hold the conference ia Pbilippines. Senior ofrcials
Manila, is a member ofthe ofthe Philippines and busi-
Board of tlre BFA ness chambers are also ex-
The event, with a theme
"Concerted Action for Com-
mon Developnent in the
New Era", will bring togeth-
er some of the countr/s
busiDess leaders and their
Chinese counterparts to
explore th€ possibfity ofin-
vesting in the PhiliPPines
and China and discuss oth-
er future @operatioa. .
The coDf€rence will coD-
' rila BCiC, Taguig City.
100 business leaders ftom
China, soEe 100 business
Ieaders fton Philippines and
some 10o exeqrtives ftom
pected to ad&:ess and inter_
act wit,ll the audience.
ltre event vill be atten&
ed by Dut€rte tomorrow,
T\restlay, where he will de-
liver tre kelnote speech as
well as BFA Secretary Gen
eral U Badong. Members of
the Cabinet and s€veral Chi-
nese officials are also taking
part in the event at Shang-
i
The confereDce aims to
help the visiting Chine€e en-
trepreneurg better under-
staid the business enYiron_
meDi and related policies of
Philippines, introduce BFA
to the Philippine go!€ntsent
and business coramuaitY
anFimp'lt'rlejrt tlrc impor-
tant coqlensus reacb€d bY
top teadars oithetwo coun-
trie6 and strengthel the
aliggp€nt of th€ Belt and
Road initistive with the ile-
velopment strategies of tlre
Philippine,s and ASEAN.
The BFA and the Fed-
eration of Filipino-Chiaese
Chambers of0onmerte ad
Inilushy lt!c, (FFCCtr) lvil
co-sponsor the conferen@,
wirl the Pbilippine Cham-
ber of Commerce and In_
dustry (PCCI), the Philip-
pine Exporte$ Confedera-
tion, Inc. (PHILEXPORT)
and the Chinese Dmbassy
in the Philippines as sup-
porting part ers.
The BFA, often rcfeEed
to as the Daros ofAsia, bas
become a high-€nd pl,atforB
for dialogs among leaders of
national goveraments, in_
dustrial anrl business cir-
clee, and acadedic circles of
cluntries ia Asia aad ofier
contineDts sbout the impor-
tant i6$les in A.6ia and even
the whole vorld.
BFA is dedicated to pro-
moting Asian countriea to
achieve coamon develop_
rdert thrcugh filrther ide-
gration of regional econony.
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