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Gwangju Free Economic Zone Authority opened a
stepping stone for the regional economy
- Opening ceremony for the only 'AI Free Economic Zone' in Korea on the 27th... Start working in earnest
- Improving the business environment such as tax cuts and exemptions, deregulation... Creation of an innovative ecosystem
- 10.3 trillion won in production, 3.244 trillion won in added value, 57,000 people in employment Effect
Gwangju Free Economic Zone Authority, who will lead the future of Gwangju economy, held an opening ceremony at the multi-purpose auditorium of Gwangju Innobiz Center in the high-tech 3 district on the 27th and started full-fledged work. go in
Gwangju Metropolitan City Mayor Lee Yong-seop, Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy Sung Yun-mo, Gwangju City Council Chairman Kim Yong-jip, and local lawmakers are expected to attend the opening ceremony.
▢ Overview of
Gwangju Free Economic Zone The Gwangju Free Economic Zone is an eco-friendly vehicle that enables innovative growth of domestic and foreign companies, centering on the Bit Green Industrial Complex, Energy Valley, and High-tech District 3, in accordance with the 2nd Basic Free Economic Zone Plan of the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy. After establishing and applying for a plan to foster the energy and AI industries, on June 3, last year, the designation was approved by the Free Economic Zone Committee of the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy.
The designated area is 4.371㎢ in 4 districts: ▲Futuristic Automobile Industrial Zone-Bit Green National Industrial Complex ▲Smart Energy Industrial ZoneⅠ-Energy Valley General Industrial Complex ▲Smart Energy Industrial ZoneⅡ-Docheom National Industrial Complex ▲AI Convergence Complex-High-tech District 3 .
Accordingly, the Gwangju Free Economic Zone Authority was launched as a branch organization under the Gwangju City on January 1st, and a total of 45 including the head of the 1st level equivalent, the head of the Innovation and Growth Division (3rd level), 3 departments (4th level manager), 9 teams (team leader 5th level) It consists of a garden of people.
The 3rd department is divided into the Planning and Administration Department, Investment Promotion Department, and Business Support Department, and is in charge of attracting domestic and foreign investment, attracting new industries for innovative growth, and supporting investment in new industries including activation of special regulations.
▢ Gwangju Free Economic Zone Development Plan The
Gwangju Free Economic Zone has set the vision of 'a new industrial hub for convergence based on mutual growth and artificial intelligence' and reorganized Gwangju's future food industry structure based on 'Gwangju-type jobs' and 'AI'. It is operated as the only 'AI Free Economic Zone'.
As for the development plan for each district, the
future automobile industry district will achieve advancement of autonomous vehicle and electric field technology using artificial intelligence technology together with Gwangju Global Motors, a Gwangju-type employment project, and develop eco-friendly car parts cluster and eco-friendly car parts certification center. etc. to make it an eco-friendly car mecca.
- The Smart Energy Industrial Zone I and II will utilize and link AI technology with a focus on the energy ICT convergence field to improve energy efficiency and foster a new smart convergence energy industry by specializing in the smart grid field.
- The AI convergence district plans to promote quantitative expansion and qualitative advancement of industries through artificial intelligence technology convergence for each core industry centering on the artificial intelligence industrial convergence complex. It focuses on fostering the healthcare sector by convergence technology and management platform construction technology.
▢ Investment attraction and business agreement With the
opening of the Gwangju Free Economic Zone Authority, the Gwangju Free Economic Zone Authority is working with representative Chinese and Japanese companies and regional organizations to attract investment.
First of all, on this day ▲Agreement with the Korea branch of Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, the world's largest bank, and Gwangju City and Gwangju Technopark, a three-party global network to promote key industries in Gwangju and attract foreign companies ▲Gwangju City and Shangri-La Medical, a Japanese advanced regenerative treatment company Technology and capital investment agreement with the ▲Ministry of Industry, Gwangju City, KEPCO, and 10 other industry, academia, and research institutes participate in the agreement to establish an innovative ecosystem in the free economic zone.
With the agreement as an opportunity, the Korea branch of the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China and Gwangju City and Gwangju Technopark match customers of Industrial and Commercial Bank of Korea and Korean companies online to provide and support trade and investment opportunities.
In addition, Japan's J.Shangri-La Medical Co., Ltd. is investing 15 billion won in the high-tech medical industry using AI data.
In addition, 10 institutions including the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy, Gwangju City, Chonnam National University, Chosun University, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, Korea Electric Power Corporation, Gwangju Global Motors, Gwangju Technopark, Gwangju Information Culture Industry Promotion Agency and Gwangju Green Car Promotion Agency, are innovating the Gwangju Free Economic Zone. The plan is to jointly cooperate with infrastructure construction support, technology development, and professional manpower training to build an ecosystem.
In the future, in order to enhance investment attraction expertise and efficiency, it plans to form an investment attraction organization customized for each industry and hire professional manpower to preemptively respond to attracting domestic and foreign companies, thereby producing substantial investment attraction results.
In addition, by integrating and organically linking the four districts and adjacent innovative institutions, it plans to build an industry-university-research innovation ecosystem and promote a strategy to become a global new industrial base to attract a total of 1.62 trillion won in investment by 2027.
This is expected to produce 10.3 trillion won in production, 3,244 billion won in added value, and 57,000 jobs in the future. <End>
