Jeong Jang-seon, Mayor of Pyeongtaek, "Expanding Economic, Cultural, and Sports Exchanges with Yantai City, China"

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On the 20th, Pyeongtaek City in Gyeonggi Province announced that Mayor Jeong Jang-seon and his delegation visited Yantai City, China, from the 17th to the 20th to hold strategic talks aimed at strengthening exchanges between the two cities.

The delegation led by Jeong Jang-seon, Mayor of Pyeongtaek, visiting China for strategic talks with Yantai City, is taking a commemorative photo at the LG Innotek local factory.
[Photo by Pyeongtaek City]

The strategic talks were attended by representatives of public institutions related to port logistics, industry, culture, and international exchange from Pyeongtaek City, and the city explained that they discussed various cooperation plans with Yantai City across multiple fields.

During the talks, both cities agreed to continue holding mayoral strategic dialogues to expand economic, cultural, and sports exchanges and to actively cooperate for carbon neutrality. They also discussed the possibility of holding related forums annually.

The strategic talks were also attended by the representative of LG Innotek’s Yantai corporation, which is relocating from Pyeongtaek to Yantai. Mayor Jeong listened to LG Innotek’s investment plans and requested special attention and active support from the mayor of Yantai City.

The mayor and his delegation also toured the Korea Small and Medium Enterprise Industrial Complex in the Yantai Sino-Korean Industrial Park, the Sino-Korean Yantai Economic and Cultural Exchange Center, and the LG Innotek factory during their visit, the city added.

Mayor Jeong said, "This exchange has become an opportunity to further solidify trust between the two cities and to concretize practical cooperation plans." He added, "We will continue to strive for active exchanges and mutual development between the two cities."

Yantai City is located on the coast of Shandong Province, facing Pyeongtaek across the Yellow Sea. It hosts both large Korean conglomerates and small and medium enterprises, with over 100 global major companies investing there. Since signing a friendship exchange agreement with Pyeongtaek City in December 2020, the two cities have maintained steady exchanges.

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