Gyeonggi-do Strengthens Fair Trade Rights Protection for Prospective Entrepreneurs and Other Initiatives

Yeom Tae-young, Deputy Governor for Economic Affairs of Gyeonggi Province (center), is taking a commemorative photo with attendees of the Gyeonggi Province Fair Economy Committee meeting on the 11th.

Gyeonggi Province will expand related education and expert meetings to strengthen fair trade rights protection for prospective entrepreneurs. It will also introduce a pre-notification system for consumer damage in online shopping.

On the 11th, Gyeonggi Province held the 'Gyeonggi Fair Economy Committee' at the Gyeonggi Economic Science Promotion Agency in Suwon Gwanggyo Technovalley, chaired by Deputy Governor Yeom Tae-young, with about 20 experts and related department officials attending to discuss 10 newly identified projects in the fields of fair trade, consumer protection, and mutual growth.

Each task was selected based on proposals from the Gyeonggi Fair Economy Committee members, composed of private members such as civic groups, legal experts, and academia, as well as provincial assembly members, since June.

Among the agenda items discussed that day, ▲ advancement of the Gyeonggi-type freelancer standard contract ▲ strengthening fair trade rights protection for prospective entrepreneurs ▲ operation of the pre-notification system for consumer damage in online shopping received positive opinions during preliminary review by related departments.

The strengthening of fair trade rights protection for prospective entrepreneurs is a project that provides on-site fair trade education and holds expert meetings targeting students of specialized high schools and university entrepreneurship-related departments within the province.

The pre-notification system for consumer damage in online shopping is a system that operates a 24-hour online shopping reporting channel to analyze damage cases and quickly disseminate caution information about suspected fraudulent sites based on monitoring results.

Currently, Gyeonggi Province has 1,967 franchise stores, accounting for 26.8% of the nationwide franchise headquarters (as of 2021), and consumer damage reports reached 16,646 cases last year.

Heo Seong-cheol, head of the Gyeonggi Fair Economy Division, said, "As the platform market economy scales up and a major change in the economic structure occurs, it is necessary to discover new projects essential for revitalizing the people's economy. We will strive to promote projects that can protect residents' rights and create a fair economic environment."

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