Lee Sang-il, Mayor of Yongin, Visits 3 US Cities for 'Global Semiconductor Cooperation'

Yongin City Hall

[Asia Economy (Yongin) = Reporter Lee Young-gyu] Lee Sang-il, mayor of Yongin, will visit three cities in the United States from the 6th to the 14th with a delegation of seven representatives from the city to understand the trends in the semiconductor and advanced industries and explore international exchange and cooperation plans with related cities.

This visit is his first overseas official business trip since taking office as mayor.

On the 7th (local time), Mayor Lee will first attend the 'Las Vegas Consumer Electronics Show (CES 2023),' a battleground for advanced industries and a place to grasp the latest trends in the global IT industry. He will support companies from the Yongin area participating in the exhibition and hold a meeting with an industrial inspection group consisting of six local companies, including Decopia, on site.

From the 9th to the 10th, he will move to Austin, Texas, to meet with Kirk Watson, mayor of Austin, and the city's economic team to discuss economic exchange and cooperation plans, including the semiconductor industry. He will visit two companies, Samsung Electronics Corporation and ENF Technology, a semiconductor material equipment manufacturer headquartered in Yongin, to discuss ways to foster Yongin's semiconductor industry with the relevant personnel.

Austin is home to advanced companies such as Samsung Electronics, DELL, AMD, Apple, and Tesla, and is nicknamed 'Silicon Hills.'

On the 11th, he will visit Fullerton, Orange County, California. This is a reciprocal visit following the visit of Fred Jung, mayor of Fullerton, Yongin's sister city, to Yongin in September last year.

Mayor Lee will discuss mutual cooperation plans between the two cities through a meeting with Mayor Fred Jung.

On the 12th, he will have a meeting with the president of the Fullerton Chamber of Commerce and visit Korean companies located in Fullerton, such as Pulmuone, to hold discussions with the relevant personnel.

Mayor Lee stated, "Through this visit, I hope to gain insights into the international trends of advanced industries including semiconductors and devise ways to enhance Yongin's industrial competitiveness."

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