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The Gwangju Free Economic Zone Authority (hereafter Gwangju Gyeongjae Office) participated in the '2023 AMCHAM Digital Innovation Forum 2023' hosted by the American Chamber of Commerce in Korea (AMCHAM) on the 15th to provide artificial intelligence (AI) for US global companies. AI) promoted the core industries of Gwangju, the central city, and carried out activities to attract investment.
About 100 people, including members of AMCHAM, participated in this forum to discuss the R&D achievements of generative artificial intelligence (AI) technologies such as Chat GPT and how to utilize them by industry.
In particular, global information technology (IT) companies such as IBM and Amazon Web Services (AWS) drew attention by participating in presentations and panel discussions.
The Gwangju Gyeonggi-do Office will conduct on-site presentations to introduce the investment environment and core industries of Gwangju, centering on the AI convergence complex, and conduct artificial intelligence (AI) convergence, future mobility, and smart energy through customized corporate counseling and publicity booth operation. and promoted the attractive investment environment of Gwangju.
Foreign information technology (IT) companies, etc. are creating a national artificial intelligence complex such as the national artificial intelligence data center (scheduled to be completed in October 2023) and the demonstration center, which are being created in the high-tech district 3 artificial intelligence convergence complex, fostering talent, and start-ups He showed interest in Gwangju's artificial intelligence (AI) company fostering and support policies, including support programs.
Amcham, which prepared the forum, is the largest foreign economic organization in Korea established for the purpose of promoting investment and trade between Korea and the United States, and consists of about 800 member companies at home and abroad.
Immediately after opening in 2021, the Gwangju Metropolitan Police Agency has been continuing its cooperative relationship by promoting various joint projects with the goal of pioneering a path to attract foreign investment, which has shrunk due to the Corona 19 pandemic.
Kim Jin-cheol, head of the Gwangju Free Economic Zone Authority, said, “At this forum, we actively promoted the differentiated investment environment of the Gwangju Free Economic Zone, including artificial intelligence (AI), targeting global information technology (IT) companies.” To this end, we plan to strengthen cooperation with related organizations such as the Foreign Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Korea and the Korea Foreign Business Association, and actively promote business attraction activities such as investment attraction conferences and briefings (IR).”