'APEC Summit' Gyeongju Hosting 1 Million Signature Campaign, 540,000 Participants in One Month

The desire of Gyeongbuk Province and the citizens of Gyeongju to host the 2025 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit in Gyeongju is rapidly spreading.

According to Gyeongju City on the 16th, as of the 13th, 547,644 people have participated in the one million signature campaign to attract the 2025 APEC Summit to Gyeongju.

Citizens are signing in front of the promotional booth for attracting the 'APEC Summit' to Gyeongju.

At the ‘2025 APEC Summit Gyeongju Hosting Hope Forum’ held at the Gyeongju HICO (Hyangnam International Convention Center) on the 7th of last month, the signature campaign officially began with a launch performance, and in just one month, it surpassed 500,000 signatures.

Gyeongju City stated that this achievement was made possible through the voluntary participation of citizens, centered around the Pan-Citizen Promotion Committee for hosting the 2025 APEC Summit in Gyeongju, along with 21 cities and counties in Gyeongbuk Province, related organizations, and various groups.

Even with the cooperation of Gyeongbuk Province and its cities and counties, the fact that over 500,000 signatures were collected in just over a month in Gyeongju, a local city with a population of only 250,000, clearly shows how passionate the citizens are about hosting the APEC Summit.

Gyeongju City aims to surpass one million signatures early by operating an intensive signature campaign period through this month, and plans to submit the signature book to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ Host City Selection Committee ahead of the APEC host city application scheduled for around December.

The one million signature campaign to attract the 2025 APEC Summit to Gyeongju will continue simultaneously online and offline targeting the entire nation until November.

The online signature campaign can be participated in via the signature campaign webpage and QR code recognition using smartphones, and social network service (SNS) participation events are also steadily ongoing. Offline signatures can be made using signature books available at city and county civil service offices and administrative welfare centers, and the signature book can be downloaded from the online signature campaign page.

As the interest of citizens of the province and city as well as the entire nation in hosting the 2025 APEC Summit in Gyeongju is confirmed to be increasing, Gyeongbuk Province and Gyeongju City will continue to focus on consolidating the will to host through cooperation with cities, counties, related organizations, and groups in the province, and will make every effort to spread the consensus and atmosphere for hosting nationwide to ensure a successful bid.

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