Gwangyang Economic Authority Hosts Business Exchange Meeting Inviting Chinese-speaking Entrepreneurs

Linked to 'Jeollanam-do and Greater China Economic and Tourism Day'

The Gwangyang Bay Area Free Economic Zone Authority (Commissioner Song Sang-rak, hereinafter referred to as Gwangyang Economic Authority) announced that on the 11th, to commemorate the 'Jeollanam-do and Greater China Economic and Tourism Day,' it held a business exchange meeting for visiting Greater China businesspeople, the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade, and members of the Korea-China Chamber of Commerce who visited the Gwangyang Bay Area.

This Greater China Economic and Tourism Day was a large-scale event hosted by Jeollanam-do to rebuild investment and export networks interrupted by COVID-19, strengthen cooperative relationships, and secure tourism demand in preparation for China's reopening. About 200 participants attended, including Chinese investors, buyers, and travel agencies.

[Photo by Gwangyang Economic Promotion Agency]

On the morning of the 11th, the Gwangyang Economic Authority conducted an investment briefing session after touring the Gwangyang Port Promotion Center and industrial complexes with about 30 businesspeople from investment, logistics, advanced manufacturing, and companies affiliated with the China Chamber of Commerce.

During the investment briefing, the Gwangyang Economic Authority introduced ways to enter the global market using Korea's global FTAs, success stories of foreign-invested companies, and new business opportunities in the secondary battery sector amid the rapidly changing global supply chain and international economic order after COVID-19.

Subsequently, they visited and toured the recently inaugurated POSCO HY Clean Metal factory, presenting new cooperation models and success cases of Korea-China business collaboration.

Song Sang-rak, Commissioner of the Gwangyang Economic Authority, said, "We hope this exchange meeting will help Greater China businesspeople visiting our region understand the industrial strengths of the Gwangyang Bay Area and expand opportunities for investment and trade cooperation with China."

Reporter Heo Seon-sik, Honam Coverage Headquarters, Asia Economy hss79@asiae.co.kr

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