Gangwon National University Startup Support Platform 'Industry-Academia-Research Innovation Hub' Groundbreaking on the 17th

[Asia Economy Reporter Tae-min Ryu] The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport announced on the 17th that it held a groundbreaking ceremony for the 'Industry-Academia-Research Innovation Hub,' a youth startup support platform within the Kangwon National University campus, which is one of the leading projects of the Campus Innovation Park.

On the 17th, Kangwon National University held a groundbreaking ceremony for the Campus Innovation Park 'Industry-Academia-Research Innovation Hub (perspective drawing)' on a site near the East Gate of the Chuncheon campus in Gangwon Province. The event was attended by Kim Heon-young, President of Kangwon National University; No Hyung-wook, Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport; Kim Myung-jung, Vice Governor for Economic Affairs of Gangwon Province; Lee Jae-soo, Mayor of Chuncheon; and Kim Hyun-joon, President of Korea Land and Housing Corporation.

The Campus Innovation Park project involves transforming idle land at universities with good locations into urban high-tech industrial complexes, installing various corporate facilities, startup support facilities, residential and cultural facilities, and linking government corporate support programs to foster universities as hubs of regional innovation growth. The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, the Ministry of Education, and the Ministry of SMEs and Startups are jointly promoting this project.

Kangwon National University, Hanyang University ERICA Campus, and Hannam University, selected as leading projects in 2019, were designated as urban high-tech industrial complexes and began construction in 2021, with plans to start construction of the Industry-Academia-Research Innovation Hub this year. The Kangwon National University Campus Innovation Park covers an area of 66,500㎡, with Kangwon National University and Korea Land and Housing Corporation participating as joint project implementers.

Starting from the first half of 2024, when companies begin moving into the Industry-Academia-Research Innovation Hub, it is expected that approximately 1,500 jobs will be created by 2025, when the Kangwon National University Campus Innovation Park becomes fully active. Minister No Hyung-wook of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport stated, "The Campus Innovation Park is expected to become a hub of innovative growth leading regional economic revitalization through startup activation and the creation of quality jobs."

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