Promoting Busan as a Global Hub City... '2024 Busan Global City Week' to Be Held

Busan from 23rd to 27th: 'Sustainable Cooperation, Global Partnership' Theme

Exchange and Cooperation with European Friendly Port Cities, Leap Toward Hub City

The city of Busan will hold the 'Busan Global City Week 2024' from the 23rd to the 27th, spanning five days throughout various locations in Busan.

2024 Busan Global City Week Event Poster.

'Busan Global City Week 2024' has been organized to promote exchange and cooperation with major European partner port cities and to strengthen the foundation for Busan's leap forward as a global hub city.

This year's 'Busan Global City Week 2024' is themed 'Sustainable Cooperation, Global Partnership,' and will include the ▲Busan Global City Forum ▲meetings between mayors of partner cities ▲attendance at the 12th Busan International Port Conference ▲visits to key municipal sites, among other events.

This event will see participation from four European cities that have signed partnership agreements during the 8th mayoral term: Hamburg, Germany; Koper, Slovenia; Genoa, Italy; and the Liverpool City Region, United Kingdom.

In particular, the 'Busan Global City Forum 2024' to be held on September 25 will be attended by over 200 people, including official delegations led by Mayor Park Hyungjoon, the Mayor of Hamburg, the Mayor of Koper, and the Deputy Mayor of Genoa, as well as a visiting group from Liverpool John Moores University, business leaders, related academics, and citizens.

The forum will proceed in the order of a special mayoral dialogue, followed by keynote presentations and discussions (two sessions).

Park Geunrok, Director of Tourism and MICE for the city, stated, "'Busan Global City Week 2024' will be an opportunity for Busan to strengthen cooperation with cities around the world beyond Asia and to share a vision for a sustainable future, establishing itself as a 'global hub city.'"

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