Gwangju City and Korea Information Society Development Institute Sign MOU to Collaborate on Data Economy Revitalization

Director Mun Yong-sik: "Let's Work Together to Successfully Promote AI-Based Development"

Mayor Lee Yong-seop: "Expecting a Role in Mutual Growth and Leading AI as a Top 4 Power"

On the morning of the 27th, Lee Yong-seop, Mayor of Gwangju Metropolitan City, attended the "Business Agreement Ceremony with the Korea Information Society Development Institute for the Promotion of the Artificial Intelligence Industry in Korea" held in the business room on the 3rd floor of the city hall. After signing the agreement, he took a commemorative photo with the officials. From the left in the photo are Son Kyung-jong, Director of the Artificial Intelligence Industry Bureau; Jo In-cheol, Deputy Mayor of Culture and Economy; Lee Yong-seop, Mayor of Gwangju Metropolitan City; Moon Yong-sik, President of the Korea Information Society Development Institute; Oh Seong-tak, Head of the Korea Information Society Development Institute; and Lee Yong-jin, Team Leader of the Korea Information Society Development Institute. Photo by Gwangju Metropolitan City.

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Seon-gang] Gwangju Metropolitan City has signed its twelfth business agreement with the ICT specialized institution, the National Information Society Agency (NIA), to establish a Gwangju-type artificial intelligence business foundation and actively cooperate to revitalize the data economy, which is key to the development of the AI industry.

On the morning of the 27th, Gwangju City announced that it signed a business agreement for the "Fostering of the Republic of Korea's Artificial Intelligence Industry" at the City Hall Business Room, attended by Mayor Lee Yong-seop and Moon Yong-sik, Director of the National Information Society Agency.

The National Information Society Agency is a government-funded public institution established with the purpose of maximizing the innovation potential of intelligent information technology to achieve innovative growth and social value realization across the national society.

In particular, it serves as the dedicated agency for the Ministry of Science and ICT’s public-private cooperation project, the "Big Data Platform and Center Construction Project," supporting the creation of a data-based ecosystem by analyzing and distributing data on platforms and discovering innovative services.

Through the business agreement, Gwangju City and the National Information Society Agency agreed to work together for the successful construction and activation of the Gwangju AI Data Center and to mutually cooperate in creating a data-based AI industry ecosystem, which is the core of artificial intelligence.

The main contents of the agreement include ▲ matters related to the overall use of data from the Big Data Platform and Center ▲ mutual cooperation necessary for the construction and operation of AI Data Centers such as AI Hub ▲ utilization and foundation building of public data ▲ review of Gwangju’s role as a base for the National Information Society Agency’s cooperation within the Gwangju AI cluster. In particular, they agreed to strengthen collaboration and discover cooperative tasks to respond to the post-COVID-19 era.

Gwangju City expects that by establishing a foundation that allows easy use of data from the Big Data Platform built by NIA and AI training datasets from AI Hub, a data-based artificial intelligence industry ecosystem will naturally be formed centered around Gwangju.

Moon Yong-sik, Director of the National Information Society Agency, said, “We will actively strive to ensure that the vast data from the Big Data Platform and AI Hub, which the National Information Society Agency is building, can be easily utilized at the Gwangju AI Data Center so that the Gwangju Metropolitan City’s AI business foundation project can be successfully promoted.” He added, “We will cooperate with Gwangju City to contribute to the revitalization of the data economy and the development of the artificial intelligence industry.”

Mayor Lee Yong-seop said, “If the vast data operation and utilization technologies secured by the National Information Society Agency are combined with Gwangju’s artificial intelligence industry, the nation’s AI competitiveness will be greatly enhanced.” He added, “Since the government also has a strong will for the ‘Data Collection and Utilization Foundation Construction Project’ under the ‘Korean New Deal’ policy, we expect that our city and the Agency will be able to cooperate and coexist in various fields in the future.”

He continued, “Our cooperation in preparation for the post-COVID-19 era will not only lead to the mutual development of the two organizations but also pave the way for the Republic of Korea to become one of the four major AI powers.”

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