Lee Jang-woo, Mayor of Daejeon, Seeks Cooperation with Private Research Institutes Following Daejeon Daedeok Innopolis Research Institutes Collaboration

Visit to Hanwha Aerospace Daejeon R&D Campus... Visiting 10 Research Institutes and Companies by Year-End

Daejeong Lee, Mayor of Daejeon, visited Hanwha Aerospace Daejeon R&D Campus on the 3rd. / Daejeon City

Lee Jang-woo, Mayor of Daejeon, has embarked on visits to private research institutes and key companies in the four strategic industries following his visits to government-funded research institutes in the Daedeok Innopolis, aiming to incorporate the voices of tenant organizations into municipal policy tasks.

On the first day of his schedule, on the 3rd, Mayor Lee visited Hanwha Aerospace's Daejeon R&D Campus and said, "Congratulations on Hanwha Aerospace being selected as the sole negotiator for the next-generation launch vehicle project," adding, "I hope the Daejeon R&D Campus will grow into the nation's only launch vehicle development center, serving as a central hub."

He continued, "Recently, we have accelerated the creation of a future industry ecosystem through initiatives such as signing an MOU on defense semiconductors and aiming for the launch of a self-developed ultra-small cube satellite by 2026."

He also emphasized, "Last year, we achieved significant milestones, including the selection of a 1.6 million pyeong national nano semiconductor industrial complex and securing a budget of about 100 billion KRW for nurturing talent in the national space industry cluster."

Mayor Lee stated, "To create future growth engines for Daejeon, it is crucial to cultivate excellent research personnel and commercialize projects in the city's four strategic industries, such as aerospace and defense," and proposed, "Let us build an active win-win cooperative relationship with the Hanwha Group, which represents Daejeon and the Chungcheong region."

Lee Joon-won, Head of the Space Business Division at Hanwha Aerospace, said, "We will actively review the major cooperative projects discussed today with the working-level staff and work together to strengthen regional competitiveness."

Meanwhile, last year, Mayor Lee visited 16 government-funded research institutes in the science and technology sector within Daedeok Innopolis to strengthen inter-agency cooperation systems and lay the foundation for fostering the city's four future strategic industries and main industries.

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