Changwon Special City and Geelong City of Australia Discuss Mutual Cooperation Measures Including Economic Exchange

Visit to Hanwha Aerospace and Bumhan Fuel Cell

On the 6th, Changwon Special City in Gyeongnam met with a delegation from the City of Geelong, Australia (led by Mayor Trent Sullivan) in the mayor’s reception room to discuss cooperation plans for friendly exchanges in various fields such as economy, energy and defense industry, and education.

Changwon Special City and Geelong City of Australia Discuss Mutual Cooperation Plans Including Economic Exchange.

The visiting delegation, which included the Mayor of Geelong and the Consul General of Melbourne, consisted of six members. They met with Changwon Mayor Hong Nam-pyo to discuss ways to strengthen existing relations in Changwon’s major industrial sectors such as hydrogen energy and defense industry, as well as cooperation plans to promote international exchanges and investment between the two cities.

In addition, the Geelong delegation is scheduled to visit Changwon’s House, Seongju Hydrogen Charging Station, Hanwha Aerospace, Bumhan Fuel Cell, and Changwon National University to experience and observe Changwon’s history, culture, industry, and education sectors.

Geelong is a port city located in the state of Victoria. It is the second largest city in the state after the capital Melbourne and is one of the fastest growing cities in Australia. Geelong is gaining attention as a center for healthcare, education, and advanced manufacturing. The city signed an international friendship city agreement with Changwon in March 2022 and has continued to maintain an exchange and cooperation relationship.

Trent Sullivan, Mayor of Geelong, said, “It is even more meaningful to visit Changwon ahead of the completion ceremony of Hanwha Aerospace’s Australian subsidiary factory, which is the first overseas production base for K-defense. Through this visit, I will strive to ensure that practical economic cooperation and mutually beneficial collaboration in various fields between the two cities can continue.”

Hong Nam-pyo, Mayor of Changwon, said, “As international friendship cities, I hope that Changwon and Geelong can further strengthen their exchange and cooperation in various fields. In particular, I expect that active exchanges between companies in the hydrogen and renewable energy industries and the defense industry will promote regional economic development, and that university exchanges will help foster talent and build an industry-academia-research cooperation infrastructure through joint research.”

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