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Gwangju Free Economic Zone Authority, grade ‘A’ in performance evaluation
- Excellent evaluation in terms of investment attraction performance in free economic zones and progress in development of free economic zones

The Gwangju Free Economic Zone Authority received an A grade in the ‘2023 Free Economic Zone Performance Evaluation’ hosted by the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy.
‘Free economic zone performance evaluation’ is a system introduced by the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy since 2010 to promote the development of free economic zones.
Every year, the Free Economic Zone Planning Team of the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy evaluates the previous year's investment attraction performance and progress in developing free economic zones for nine free economic zone offices across the country.

The Gwangju Economic Development Administration is a new agency that opened in 2021, and is a good example in that it has laid a stable foundation for the Gwangju Free Economic Zone in a short period of about two years, including systematic organizational management, efforts to discover deregulation, and establishment of a cooperative system with various related organizations. score was received.
In addition, there were many obstacles to attracting investment due to the bad news of COVID-19 and the global economic recession for two years after the opening, but as a result of actively implementing marketing strategies and investment attraction activities for each core industry, the original goal was exceeded and the judges were awarded in the investment attraction strategy promotion category. It received favorable reviews.
In the field of unit district development projects, the Gwangju Free Economic Zone creation and expansion project is proceeding without a hitch in accordance with the purpose of designating the free economic zone and the development plan, and received good evaluations in the overall unit district project performance category.
In the performance evaluation evaluation committee, the Gwangju Gyeongjae Office took the lead in revising the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy’s ‘Financial Fund Support Standards’ and the Bank of Korea’s ‘Small and Medium Business Resource Fund Operation Standards’ and other efforts to resolve the financial difficulties of companies in the Gyeongjae District were selected as excellent examples.

Kim Jin-cheol, head of the Gwangju Free Economic Zone Authority, said, “Based on the results of this evaluation, we will do our best to further develop the excellent points and supplement the shortcomings so that the Gwangju Free Economic Zone can establish itself as a base for innovative growth that will drive the future industries of Gwangju and the country.” “He said. <End>

(Gwangju Free Economic Zone Authority, 613-6021)