Pyeongtaek City "Joint Support from Industry, Academia, Research, and Government to Revitalize Businesses"

Agreement Signed with 9 Institutions and Universities on the 1st
Integrated Briefing Session for Corporate Support Projects Also Held

On the 1st, Pyeongtaek City in Gyeonggi Province signed a business agreement with nine institutions and universities at the 2nd Peer Sun Building of Pyeongtaek University to activate corporate support and held the '2024 Integrated Corporate Support Project Briefing Session.'

Jeong Jang-seon, Mayor of Pyeongtaek, is giving a greeting at the integrated briefing session for corporate support projects held at Pyeongtaek University on the 1st.
[Photo by Pyeongtaek City]

The agreement involved five institutions including the Gyeonggi-do Economic Science Promotion Agency, Pyeongtaek Industrial Promotion Agency, Pyeongtaek Industrial Complex Management Corporation, and Pyeongtaek Chamber of Commerce, as well as four universities: Pyeongtaek University, Kookje University, Hankyung National University, and Korea University of Technology and Education.

Through the agreement, the city and these institutions and universities plan to promote various collaborations such as ▲pursuing cooperative projects to support local companies ▲activating industry-academia-research-government exchanges by forming industry-specific councils ▲collaborating on workforce development in strategic industries ▲and discussing other strategic industry promotion and economic revitalization initiatives.

At the event, an integrated briefing session was also held on various corporate support projects individually promoted by each institution. In addition to the institutions that signed the business agreement, 16 organizations participated, including the Gyeonggi Credit Guarantee Foundation, Korea Technology Finance Corporation, Gyeonggi Job Foundation, Gyeonggi FTA Trade Promotion Center, KOTITI Testing & Research Institute, UL KOREA, and Korea Agricultural Technology Promotion Agency.

The participating organizations set up individual booths to provide customized one-on-one consultations by sector, including funding and financial support measures, export, research and development (R&D), technology development projects, testing and certification, and startup support measures.

Jung Jang-seon, mayor of Pyeongtaek City, said, "We will continue to hold briefing sessions annually to discover various support projects that small and medium-sized venture companies truly need and support local companies to grow continuously."

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