National Mokpo University GTEP Project Group Participates in Hong Kong International Food Expo

Dispatch of 8 Students from the Project Group for Corporate Product Promotion and Buyer Export Consultations

National Mokpo University (President Song Ha-cheol) announced on the 23rd that eight students belonging to the Regional Specialized Youth Trade Experts Training Project Group (hereinafter GTEP) participated in the '2023 Hong Kong International Food Expo (FOOD EXPO)' held at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre from the 17th to the 19th.

Eight students belonging to the Regional Specialized Youth Trade Expert Training Project Group at Mokpo National University participated in the '2023 Hong Kong International Food Expo (FOOD EXPO)'.
[Photo by Mokpo National University]

The Hong Kong International Food Expo is Asia's largest food expo, attended by overseas professional buyers with guaranteed exhibition, events, and purchasing power, and is regarded as a foothold for entering overseas markets in both the East and West.

The Mokpo University GTEP Project Group dispatched eight students to five Jeonnam region agricultural and marine food companies (Gabo Farms, Marine Techno, Samyoung BNF, Social Bio, JS Korea) to promote the companies' products and conduct export consultations with buyers.

In particular, this year's expo was the first event held in Hong Kong after the end of the COVID-19 pandemic, with 1,800 booths from 24 countries including Korea, China, Japan, Vietnam, Malaysia, Thailand, Mexico, and Poland, showcasing a wide variety of foods reflecting the latest consumer trends.

Professor Choi Dong-oh, head of the Mokpo University GTEP Project Group, said, "The Mokpo University GTEP Project Group has established itself as an excellent industry-academia cooperation model supporting small and medium-sized enterprises in Jeonnam to pioneer overseas markets, and we will continue to support regional companies' overseas marketing and export expansion."

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 small and medium-sized enterprises. Mokpo University is the only institution selected in the Jeonnam area and has been carrying out the project since 2015.

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