Government Expands and Reorganizes Busan Expo Bid Delegation... Holds 1st Meeting

On the 19th of last month, at the appointment ceremony for the 2030 Busan World Expo promotional ambassador held at HYBE Entertainment in Yongsan-gu, Seoul, Prime Minister Han Duck-soo handed the appointment plaque to BTS's RM and raised his hand afterward. Photo by Kim Hyun-min kimhyun81@

[Asia Economy Sejong=Reporter Lee Junhyung] The government has expanded and reorganized the advisory committee for the 2030 Busan World Expo into a promotional delegation.

The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy announced on the 3rd that the 2030 Busan World Expo Promotion Committee has reorganized the existing advisory committee into a promotional delegation. Along with this reorganization, the number of members increased significantly from 3 to 8.

The Promotion Committee expanded the advisory committee into a promotional delegation to strengthen negotiation activities targeting member countries of the International Bureau of Expositions (BIE). With the increase to 8 members, former directors of the Trade Negotiation Headquarters at the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy, Yoo Myunghee and Yeo Hangoo, joined the promotional delegation. In addition, Choi Kyungrim, G20 International Cooperation Ambassador, Hong Seonghwa, former Ambassador to Colombia, and Kim Wonkyung, former Vice President of Samsung Electronics, are also serving as members of the promotional delegation.

The promotional delegation held its first meeting this morning to discuss activity plans for the second half of the year. The members unanimously pledged to mobilize their experience and knowledge to attract the 2030 World Expo. The Promotion Committee plans to hold regular meetings with the promotional delegation to review external strategies with the members. They also plan to directly dispatch members to the promotional negotiation team to enhance external negotiation capabilities.

Yoon Sangjik, Secretary General of the Promotion Committee, said, "We appointed experts from various fields to the promotional delegation to implement customized external negotiation strategies for each BIE member country," adding, "We will make every effort in external negotiation activities with the promotional delegation members."

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