Under the patronage of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Salman bin Abdulaziz, Prince Faisal bin Bandar bin Abdulaziz, Governor of the Riyadh region, launched on Monday the tenth edition of the Riyadh Economic Forum, with a wide participation of government officials, economic experts and academics.
Prince Faisal bin Bandar stressed that the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques’ sponsorship of the forum, since the launch of its first session in 2003 and throughout its journey, represented the greatest support for its work and activities in strengthening the national economy and raising its response to facing local, regional and global economic challenges, in line with the objectives of Vision 2030.
He added that the forum also reflected the Kingdom’s support for private sector institutions and the importance of raising their contribution to the achievement of a sustainable economic and social development, especially in light Saudi Arabia’s rapid economic growth and comprehensive renaissance.
The governor of Riyadh pointed that the forum sought to enhance the participation of female and male stakeholders, economic experts and academics to develop solid studies that accurately analyze the challenges facing the national economy in many of its sectors, and adopt a neutral and balanced scientific approach to find viable solutions.
For his part, Ajlan Al-Ajlan, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Chamber of Commerce in Riyadh, pointed to the successes achieved by the forum through its previous nine sessions, emphasizing its recommendations and fruitful results that would contribute to raising the efficiency of the national economy and building an attractive investment environment.
