Japan External Trade Organization Visits Daegu-Gyeongbuk Economic Promotion Agency… "Actively Supporting Japanese Companies' Entry"

A representative from the JETRO Seoul Office, the Japan External Trade Organization, visited the Daegu-Gyeongbuk Free Economic Zone Authority (Director Kim Byung-sam) on the 21st to inspect the key industry clusters in the Daegu region and to support network building and investment attraction by visiting research institutes of promising local companies.

This visit by JETRO is a follow-up measure to last year's inspection of major investment attraction zones in the Gyeongbuk area by the Daegu-Gyeongbuk Free Economic Zone Authority. It was conducted to introduce investment zones linked to Daegu's key industries and to discover investment opportunities for local promising companies in the Japanese market.

Naoyuki Miekawa, Director of the Seoul Office of the Japan External Trade Organization (4th from the right), and Byung-sam Kim, Head of the Daegu-Gyeongbuk Free Economic Zone Authority (4th from the left), are taking a commemorative photo with their party.

After visiting the Daegu-Gyeongbuk Free Economic Zone Authority, JETRO received a briefing on the Free Economic Zone business districts, inspected Suseong Alpha City, a major business district in Daegu, visited resident companies, toured the K-Medi Hub in the Shinseo Advanced Medical District, and visited robot companies at the Robot Industry Promotion Institute.

Director Maekawa Naoyuki met with Kim Byung-sam, Director of the Daegu-Gyeongbuk Free Economic Zone Authority, and both recognized the need to strengthen communication between companies of both countries and expand mutual market entry support, subsequently exploring ways to enhance cooperation between the two organizations in the future.

Kim Byung-sam, Director of the Daegu-Gyeongbuk Free Economic Zone Authority, stated, “We will maximize the activation of investment attraction between the two organizations by creating a mutually beneficial model such as inviting Japanese companies to the region through cooperation with JETRO and holding investment environment briefings for Daegu and Gyeongbuk. We will actively support Japanese companies’ entry into the domestic market,” he added.

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