Hong Nampyo, Changwon Special City Mayor, Launches Strategy for Changwon Companies to Enter the US Market

CES 2024 Global Electronics Expo
Participation to Understand Latest Technology Trends

Economic Exchange with Fullerton City, USA
Signing of Friendship and Cooperation Agreement

Hong Nampyo, Mayor of Changwon Special City in Gyeongnam, will embark on a trip to the United States to participate in ‘CES (Consumer Electronics Show) 2024,’ held in Las Vegas from the 9th, and to visit Fullerton City to support Changwon companies’ entry into the U.S. market and sign an economic exchange and friendship cooperation agreement.

Changwon Mayor Hong Nampyo met with Fullerton Mayor Fred Jung of the United States on November 16, 2023.

Starting with participation in CES 2024 on the 10th (local time), Mayor Hong will encourage Changwon companies participating in the integrated Korean Pavilion at Eureka Park, visit major domestic large corporations’ pavilions and global pavilions, and sign an MOU to support overseas investment attraction between local investors and three companies participating in the medical bio sector.

He will also hold a meeting to communicate with 10 Changwon startups and participants of the student supporters program from Changwon National University and Gyeongnam National University, which is conducted as a shared collaboration project between local government, industry, and academia in Changwon.

An innovation award ceremony will be held for Changwon startups that received CES 2024 Innovation Awards: HydroLux (hydrogen storage system), Gonggong (water filter air purifier), and GS F System (smart farm). Meanwhile, two Changwon startups also received innovation awards at CES 2023.

The scene at CES.

On the 12th, he will visit Fullerton City in the U.S. to sign an economic exchange and friendship cooperation MOU to support Changwon companies’ entry into the U.S. market and visit companies located in Fullerton.

Fullerton is a city located in Orange County, California, with a total population of 140,000, of which about 40,000 are Korean, giving the Korean community significant influence. It is near Los Angeles International Airport and the Port of Long Beach, making it a city with well-developed logistics and distribution.

Mayor Hong said, “I hope that Changwon companies will have the opportunity to advance their technologies and grow into global companies through participation in CES,” and added, “The city will continue to expand exchanges with the U.S. to lay the foundation for Changwon companies’ entry into the U.S. market.”

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