菲律宾已加入由美国主导的供应链联盟，并计划在吕宋岛开发一个占地4000英亩的工业中心，以支持盟友制造并加强经济安全。美国国务院周四表示，拟议的中心将作为盟友制造的集结地和Pax Silica网络下符合市场需求的投资平台。
Pax Silica是一项于2025年12月启动的美国主导倡议，旨在建立一个安全且创新驱动的硅供应链，涵盖关键矿产、能源投入、先进制造、半导体、人工智能基础设施和物流。菲律宾是该倡议的第13个签署国，加入的还包括澳大利亚、芬兰、印度、以色列、日本、卡塔尔、韩国、新加坡、瑞典、阿联酋、英国和美国。
国务院在事实清单中表示：“该场地位于菲律宾的吕宋经济走廊。该场地是同类首创，被菲律宾指定为经济安全区，这是在Pax Silica倡议下开发的AI原生投资加速枢纽的新模式。”国务院补充说，这种互联互通可以将Pax Silica的产业政策从一系列双边项目转变为一个真正的体系，有能力与目前世界所依赖的高度集中供应链竞争并最终取而代之。
菲律宾驻美国大使何塞·曼努埃尔·罗穆亚尔德斯表示，该倡议预计将吸引大规模美国投资。他在短信中说：“这肯定会为菲律宾带来重大的美国投资……这是一个前所未有且雄心勃勃的项目。”
Last updated April 17, 2026, 12:07 PM
The Philippines has joined a United States-led supply chain alliance and is planning to develop a 4,000-acre industrial hub in Luzon to support allied manufacturing and strengthen economic security.
In a media note released Thursday (Friday Philippine time), the US State Department said the proposed hub will serve as a staging area for allied manufacturing and a platform for investments aligned with market needs under the Pax Silica network.- Advertisement -
Launched in December 2025, Pax Silica is a US-led initiative aimed at building a secure and innovation-driven silicon supply chain, covering critical minerals, energy inputs, advanced manufacturing, semiconductors, artificial intelligence infrastructure, and logistics.
The Philippines is the 13th signatory to the initiative, joining Australia, Finland, India, Israel, Japan, Qatar, South Korea, Singapore, Sweden, the United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
“The site is located in the Luzon Economic Corridor of the Philippines. The site—the first of its kind—is being designated by the Philippines as an Economic Security Zone, a new model for AI-native investment acceleration hubs being developed under the Pax Silica Initiative,” the State Department said in a fact sheet.
This interconnection can transform Pax Silica industrial policy “from a collection of bilateral projects into a genuine system capable of competing with—and ultimately displacing—the concentrated supply chains on which the world currently depends,” it added.
Philippine Ambassador to the United States Jose Manuel Romualdez said the initiative is expected to attract significant American investments.
“This will definitely bring in major US investments into the Philippines… unprecedented and ambitious project,” Romualdez said in a text message.
“(Finance) Secretary Frederick Go and I witnessed the signing this morning at the US State Department,” he added.
Department of Trade and Industry Undersecretary and Board of Investments Managing Head Ceferino S. Rodolfo signed the declaration of the Philippines’ accession to Pax Silica on behalf of the country.
Both countries highlighted the Philippines’ reserves of nickel, copper, chromite, and cobalt, and committed to strengthening supply chains in critical minerals, semiconductors, electronics, and other sectors, while attracting high-quality private investments.
“The Philippines, a close US treaty ally, brings to Pax Silica key capabilities and human talent in technology manufacturing, including semiconductors and electronics,” the State Department said.
