Mokpo National University Participates in Paris International Food Expo to Promote K-Food

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Choi Jae-kyung] Students from National Mokpo University in Jeonnam promoted K-Food to help local companies enter the European market.

Three students from Mokpo University's Regional Specialized Youth Trade Expert Training Project Group (hereafter GTEP) participated in the "SIAL PARIS 2022" held at the Paris Nord Villepinte Exhibition Center in France for five days from the 15th to the 19th.

"SIAL PARIS" is the world's largest food exhibition with a history of about 50 years. It is held every two years, and after a four-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it was held again with participation from 7,200 companies from 120 countries.

Mokpo University dispatched GTEP students to three local small and medium-sized enterprises ▲Daechang Food ▲Trechan ▲Hanguk Jeda to promote products and conduct export consultations with overseas buyers, achieving excellent results by playing a decisive role in securing export contracts worth $100,000.

Professor Choi Dong-oh, head of the Mokpo University GTEP project group, said, "The Mokpo University GTEP project group has established itself as a good model of industry-academia cooperation supporting local SMEs in pioneering overseas markets, and we will continue to support overseas marketing and export competitiveness enhancement for local companies."

The GTEP project is led by the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy and the Korea International Trade Association, supported by Jeollanam-do Province. It is a program that cultivates global trade talents equipped with both trade theory and practice and supports strengthening the export competitiveness of SMEs. Mokpo University is the only institution selected in the Jeonnam region and has been carrying out the project since 2015.

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