Gwangju City and GeonGiYeon Join Hands to Solve Urban Issues

Construction Technology Utilization Demonstration Agreement
"Promotion of 'Daejabo City' Policy Tasks"

Lee Sang-gap, Deputy Mayor of Culture and Economy of Gwangju City, is taking a commemorative photo after signing a business agreement with Kwak Ki-seok, Vice President of the Korea Institute of Civil Engineering and Building Technology, on the afternoon of the 13th at the City Hall Business Room to solve urban problems based on advanced construction technology demonstration. From left to right in the photo: Kim Young-jip, Director of Gwangju Technopark; Lee Sang-gap, Deputy Mayor of Culture and Economy of Gwangju City; Kwak Ki-seok, Vice President of the Korea Institute of Civil Engineering and Building Technology; Choi Chi-guk, Director of Gwangju Institute; Go Sang-yeon, Director of Gwangju Climate and Energy Promotion Agency. Provided by Gwangju City.

Gwangju City is joining hands with the national research institute, the Korea Institute of Civil Engineering and Building Technology (hereinafter referred to as KICT), to realize a ‘Dae·Ja·Bo (public transportation, bicycle, pedestrian-centered) city Gwangju’ through the demonstration of advanced construction technologies.

On the 13th, Gwangju City signed a ‘Memorandum of Understanding for Solving Urban Problems Based on Demonstration of Advanced Construction Technologies’ with KICT at the City Hall Business Room. The signing ceremony was attended by Lee Sang-gap, Vice Mayor of Culture and Economy, Kwak Ki-seok, Director of Industrial Innovation at KICT, Choi Chi-guk, Director of Gwangju Institute, Kim Young-jip, Director of Gwangju Technopark, and Go Sang-yeon, Director of Gwangju Climate and Energy Promotion Agency.

According to the agreement, KICT will conduct demonstrations using its advanced construction technologies to address urban issues in Gwangju and carry out related policy tasks.

The city will support the demonstration cooperation projects by providing technology and manpower from local research and support institutions such as the Gwangju Institute, Gwangju Technopark, and Gwangju Climate and Energy Promotion Agency. These institutions will engage in ▲discovering and promoting demonstration cooperation projects linked to key policies ▲demonstration cooperation projects to solve urban problems ▲providing technology and manpower support from each institution ▲advancing technology and strengthening competitiveness through corporate support.

To realize the ‘Dae·Ja·Bo city,’ Gwangju plans to identify and pilot current issues such as improving the pedestrian environment, and establish a demonstration base for major policy tasks including carbon-neutral energy savings, water quality and environmental management, and disaster safety response.

Lee Sang-gap, Vice Mayor of Culture and Economy, said, “Gwangju operates a One-Stop Support Center for Corporate Demonstration, supporting various technologies possessed by companies to undergo demonstration processes, enhance stability, accumulate data, and achieve full commercialization. Through this agreement, we will strive to ensure that the demonstrations contribute to solving major urban problems so that citizens can feel the realization of a sustainable Dae·Ja·Bo city in Gwangju.”

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