Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, June 2) — The Philippines will host the Forbes Asia Forum and the Forbes Global CEO Conference in 2024, with President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. seeing this as an opportunity to entice more foreign investors, Malacañang said Friday.
In a statement, the Palace said Marcos agreed to host the events in the Philippines that would gather business executives and financial leaders from around the world.“I hope that we can feature that in this conference and we can show the Philippines as it is now, as opposed to perhaps some of the ideas that people have had almost for a while,” Marcos told Forbes’ officials during a meeting on Thursday.Marcos said that since he assumed the presidency, the government has been positioning itself as an investment hub in the international market, especially for the industries of digitalization, energy, connectivity, bureaucratic reforms, and infrastructure.This year’s Forbes forum and global conference will be held in Singapore.
