G-Bio Industry Targets Global Market... Andong City Launches 'Gyeongbuk Bio Life Expo' Organizing and Operating Committee

Andong City Hall.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Gui-yeol] The organizing and operating committee for the ‘G-Bio Industry’ targeting the global market of Gyeongbuk Bio-Life Expo has been launched.

Andong City held the inaugural general meeting of the organizing (operating) committee at the Gyeongbuk Provincial Government’s Hwabaek Hall on the 12th to ensure the successful hosting of the ‘2022 Gyeongbuk Bio-Life Expo,’ which will be held for three days from October 13 to 15.

The organizing and operating committee of the Gyeongbuk Bio-Life Expo was established to promote Gyeongbuk’s bio-life industry domestically and internationally and to foster a nationwide participatory atmosphere.

At the inauguration ceremony, representatives from various sectors attended, including Lee Cheol-woo, Governor of Gyeongbuk Province and co-chairman of the organizing committee, Kwon Ki-chang, Mayor of Andong, and Ahn Jae-yong, CEO of SK Bioscience.

The event proceeded with the presentation of appointment letters to 12 organizing committee members and 12 operating committee members, along with a performance announcing the motto ‘The Beginning of G-Bio! 2022 Gyeongbuk Bio-Life Expo.’

Starting with the inaugural general meeting, the organizing and operating committee will enter full-scale operations, deciding on important matters for conference invitations, exhibition and operation, and domestic and international promotion to ensure the successful hosting of the Gyeongbuk Bio-Life Expo.

This expo will be held in the Saemaeul Square within the Gyeongbuk Provincial Government and will take the form of an industrial festival linking a bio-industry fair with business, including ▲ Bio-Life Expo exhibition, ▲ Bio Future Forum, and ▲ sectoral conferences such as healthcare, vaccines, beauty, and cosmetics.

It plans to announce the beginning of ‘G-Bio’ to the world through the convergence of various natural materials and industries in the Gyeongbuk region, both online and offline.

Kwon Ki-chang, Mayor of Andong, said, “Andong City will make thorough preparations to ensure the successful hosting of this expo so that it can leap forward as a global center of the bio-life industry together with Gyeongsangbuk-do.”

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