Changwon City Unveils 'Oasis,' the World's First Non-Face-to-Face Business Platform

Changwon Mayor Heo Seong-mu is rehearsing on 'Oasis,' the core platform and main stage, ahead of the event opening at Changwon Convention Center on the 10th.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Min Dosik] Changwon City in Gyeongnam is hosting the Korea-World Chinese Business Week (hereinafter World Chinese BW), the world's first event where global Chinese merchants participate online, along with the Chungmugong Yi Sun-sin Defense Industry Exhibition consecutively.

World Chinese BW is an important international event hosted by Gyeongnam Province, Changwon City, and the Korea Chinese General Chamber of Commerce, and supported by the New Southern Policy Special Committee under the Presidential Policy Planning Committee and the Ministry of SMEs and Startups.

Chairmen of Chinese Chambers of Commerce and representative Chinese merchant companies from 10 major Southeast Asian countries including Singapore, Thailand, Hong Kong, Malaysia, and Indonesia participate.

The Yi Sun-sin Defense Industry Exhibition is held for the second time following last year. The common feature of the two events is that they are conducted online.

The city announced the event plan in July, planning to invite many major ASEAN Chinese merchant businesspeople and defense industry figures and hold the events in a hybrid format combining online and offline.

However, as the spread of COVID-19 did not subside, the plan was significantly revised to conduct the events online. The drawbacks of reduced on-site presence and inability to hold face-to-face consultations are overcome by utilizing Korea’s excellent information and communication technology.

On the 10th, Changwon City unveiled the dedicated platform for World Chinese BW called 'Oasis' at the Changwon Convention Center.

The platform name 'Oasis' was chosen to symbolize quenching the thirst of companies eager for exports and investment attraction in the era of 'COVID-19.'

Oasis is a mega studio. It features two LED panels each measuring 32.5 meters, surrounding the stage center, which is a circular stage 24 meters in diameter and 9 meters high.

Businesspeople can promote their companies and products in front of about 1,000 global Chinese merchants, defense industry buyers, and a national audience appearing on the large screen. Promotion is possible for small products as well as large mobility products such as excavators, buses, and armored vehicles on stage.

Through streaming platforms such as the smartphone application Zoom, YouTube, and Facebook, Oasis promotional videos can be viewed in real time from anywhere in the world.

During World Chinese BW, about 70 domestic companies including Doosan Heavy Industries, LG Electronics, LG Uplus, Hyundai Rotem, SK Telecom, Sajo Daerim, BNK Financial Group, NongHyup Central Association, and SM Entertainment will appear on Oasis.

Twenty-six companies in the defense sector, including system companies such as Hanwha Defense, Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering, S&T Heavy Industries, LIG Nex1, and small and medium-sized defense companies in Changwon, Gyeongnam, will take the Oasis stage during the Yi Sun-sin Defense Industry Exhibition.

In addition to product introductions, official events such as the opening and closing ceremonies of the two events will also be conducted through Oasis.

Mayor Heo Seong-moo of Changwon said, “In a situation where the whole world is rapidly moving toward non-face-to-face and untact due to the COVID pandemic, the mega online PR platform Oasis, created for new business exchanges, is expected to breathe new vitality into Korean and global Chinese merchant and defense industry companies.”

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