Gwangyang Free Economic Zone Authority Accelerates Foreign Investment Attraction in Advanced Materials and Data Industries

Visiting Industrial Complexes Until the 21st
Consultations with Officials from Related Organizations

Gwangyang Bay Area Free Economic Zone Authority (Commissioner Koo Chungon, hereinafter referred to as Gwangyang FEZ Authority) announced on the 17th that it has officially begun formulating strategies to attract foreign investment in the advanced materials and data industry sectors.

To this end, Gwangyang FEZ Authority plans to visit major industrial complexes in its jurisdiction for five days until the 21st, together with the service provider for KOTRA's Foreign Investment Attraction Productization Support Project, and hold consultations with officials from related organizations.

Exterior view of Gwangyang Free Economic Zone Authority building.

This project was independently selected by Gwangyang FEZ Authority through a KOTRA public offering last July and has been actively promoted since November. The goal is to identify potential overseas investors related to core materials and the data industry based on analysis of industrial conditions and profitability within the Gwangyang Bay Area, and to develop tailored investment attraction strategies.

For this purpose, the service provider will conduct interviews with representatives from industry, academia, and research institutions, and thoroughly analyze the regional industrial environment to establish specific investment attraction business models. In addition, they plan to draft customized investment proposals specialized for potential investors to achieve tangible results in attracting investment.

Koo Chungon, Commissioner of Gwangyang FEZ Authority, stated, "Through this project, we will systematically establish strategies to attract foreign investment in the advanced materials and data industry sectors, and actively carry out promotional activities such as overseas investor relations (IR) to do our utmost to attract global companies."

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