Gwangju Chamber of Commerce, Future Core Technology Convergence Package Support Project Performance Report Meeting

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Jin-hyung] The Gwangju Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Chairman Jeong Chang-seon) announced that it held the ‘Future Core Technology Convergence Package Support Project Performance Report Meeting’ at 2 p.m. on the 27th in the large conference room on the 7th floor of the Gwangju Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

This report meeting was promoted as part of the Gwangju Job Creation Innovation Project supported by Gwangju Metropolitan City and the Gwangju Regional Employment and Labor Office, with 35 attendees including executives and employees of promising companies in Gwangju and related institution officials participating in the project.

The Gwangju Chamber of Commerce and Industry stated that this year it provided new technology convergence and new business entry support to 35 companies, achieving sales growth of 3.34 billion KRW in related fields and creating 73 new jobs, marking the highest performance since the project began in 2018.

According to the Gwangju Chamber of Commerce and Industry, this report meeting was held to share and spread the excellent achievements of the ‘Future Core Technology Convergence Package Support Project’ and proceeded in the order of ▲support project performance report, ▲presentation of cases of intensive corporate support for future core technology convergence, and ▲presentation of best cases (public procurement consulting, new business introduction technology support, AI idea contest).

In particular, many companies participating in the intensive corporate support project for future core technology convergence filed patents, companies participating in public procurement consulting recorded public procurement contract achievements worth about 3 billion KRW, and many excellent cases were introduced, such as promising companies signing contracts with local construction companies through BtoB product promotion meetings, attracting attention.

A company representative who won the Gwangju Chamber of Commerce and Industry Chairman’s Award at the ‘2021 AI Test-Bed Korea Industrial Intelligence Competition Final Stage’ in November expressed gratitude, saying, “After winning the award, we started by acquiring the ‘Artificial Intelligence Technology Certification’ from the Korea Artificial Intelligence Association, were designated as an ‘Advanced Technology Company’ by the Ministry of Science and ICT, and signed numerous business agreements, making this project an opportunity to recognize our AI technology capabilities.”

Chae Hwa-seok, Executive Director of the Gwangju Chamber of Commerce and Industry, said, “Through projects such as intensive corporate support for future core technology convergence, new business items for companies have been discovered, production processes and products have been advanced, and many contracts have been concluded, achieving the intended results.” He added, “Next year, we will expand support in the field of market development to serve as a catalyst for local companies’ opportunities to enter new markets and strengthen corporate competitiveness.”

Meanwhile, the Gwangju Chamber of Commerce and Industry plans to continuously promote a step-by-step customized package support project for companies, including the 1st stage new technology convergence introduction survey, 2nd stage core technology introduction FGI meeting, 3rd stage new technology convergence mentoring seminar, 4th stage intensive corporate support for future core technology convergence, and 5th stage marketing and market development support project, to provide a foothold for local companies to converge future core technologies into their main products and enter new businesses.

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