Section 2Sec./Art. 2

Declaration of Policy. - It is the policy of the State to generate, preserve and grow national wealth, create jobs, promote trade and investments, foster technological transformation, strengthen connectivity, expand infrastructure, and achieve energy, water and food security.

The State recognizes the vital role of various investments in financial assets in promoting economic growth, accelerating job creation, and improving the welfare of Filipinos. The State acknowledges the need to preserve and optimize the use of government financial assets to generate returns, and support the infrastructure development agenda of the government, thereby promoting efficient intergenerational management of wealth.

The State further recognizes the country's natural capital and its role as the basis for the economy, hence the need to ensure its integrity and measure its contribution in national income accounting to improve decision making, and investments in conservation and protection of natural resources and biodiversity.

Towards to this end, the State shall establish a Maharlika Investment Fund by investing national funds, and coordinating and strengthening the investment activities of the country's top-performing government financial institutions to promote economic growth and social development.

ARTICLE I

DEFINITION OF TERMS