Sang-il Lee, Mayor of Yongin, "Actively Supporting Small Business Overseas Market Expansion"

Encouraging Entrepreneurs at the 'Export Small Business Global Buyer Consultation'

Lee Sang-il, Mayor of Yongin City, Gyeonggi Province, attended the 'Export Small Business Global Purchase Consultation' held on the 9th at 'Yongin Children's Imagination Forest' in Samga-dong, Cheoin-gu, and encouraged the participating companies.

Lee Sang-il, Mayor of Yongin (second from the right), is visiting company booths and looking around products at the Export Small Business Global Purchasing Consultation.
[Photo by Yongin City]

At the event hosted by the Southern Gyeonggi Regional Headquarters of the Small Enterprise and Market Service, Mayor Lee stated, "We will prepare various support measures to help local companies and small businesses gain global competitiveness and cheer them on."

At the event, about 70 small businesses participated to introduce their products to domestic and international buyers and sought export plans by consulting with domestic and overseas merchandise planners (MDs). In addition, specialized organizations such as KOTRA and the Export Support Center conducted training on topics including the local economic conditions and buyer discovery know-how in key countries like Southeast Asia and Japan, as well as global Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) trends.

Mayor Lee said, "Even though small business owners create excellent products, they face difficulties entering overseas markets due to a lack of information and marketing strategies," adding, "I hope they actively utilize the network of the Small Enterprise and Market Service to gain great help in opening export routes."

Mayor Lee added, "We are supporting Yongin City companies by creating exclusive spaces for them at major information technology (IT) exhibitions such as WMC 2024 held in Barcelona, Spain, and CES 2024 held in Las Vegas, USA."

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