Blueprint for 2030 Busan World Expo Bid Prepared... "An Opportunity to Highlight Korea's Status"

Yoo Myung-hee, Director-General for Trade Negotiations at the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy. Photo by Moon Ho-nam munonam@

[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Bo-kyung] On the 15th, the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy held the '2030 Busan World Expo Master Plan Establishment Project Kick-off Meeting' in Busan and began preparing a blueprint for attracting the World Expo.

The 2030 Busan World Expo Master Plan Establishment Project involves creating a basic plan by the end of 2021 for attracting the Busan World Expo, including theme development for the World Expo, site development plans, and transportation and accommodation measures.

Based on this master plan, the government plans to prepare a Bid Dossier to be submitted to the Bureau International des Expositions (BIE) in 2022. The master plan establishment project can be seen as a task to prepare the blueprint for attracting the 2030 World Expo.

SM Culture & Contents (SM C&C) was selected as the lead contractor for the master plan establishment project, while engineering fields such as site development and transportation measures will be handled by Yushin and others.

About 30 people attended the kick-off meeting, including Yoo Myung-hee, Director-General for Trade Negotiations and Head of the Busan World Expo Attraction Planning Group, Byun Seong-wan, Acting Mayor of Busan Metropolitan City, and officials from the Pan-Citizen Attraction Committee, who received reports from SM C&C on the main contents and implementation schedule of the master plan.

Director Yoo said, "In the situation of the COVID-19 pandemic, K-quarantine has led the global standard and elevated the national status," adding, "If Busan succeeds in attracting the World Expo, it will be an opportunity to highlight the status of the Republic of Korea as a smart innovation powerhouse to the world."

He continued, "We plan to concentrate national capabilities through the launch of an advisory group composed of about 30 experts in five fields including theme development, exhibition production, site development and facility layout, and demand forecasting, as well as through public opinion gathering."

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