Gyeonggi Province Recruiting Companies for U.S. BIO Exhibition in June... Applications Open March 18-27

by Lee YeongKyu

Published 11 Mar.2026 07:18(KST)

Gyeonggi Province is recruiting small and medium-sized bio companies to participate in the '2026 BIO USA' exhibition in San Diego, USA.

BIO USA is the world's largest bio industry exhibition and partnering event, and will be held at the San Diego Convention Center from June 22 to June 25.

Eligible applicants are small and medium-sized enterprises with at least one of their headquarters, research institutes, or manufacturing facilities located within Gyeonggi Province.

There are two ways to participate: as part of the Korea Pavilion or as an individual exhibitor, and duplicate applications are not allowed.

Gyeonggi Province will select five companies to participate in the Korea Pavilion and provide support for joint booth rental, integrated design and joint promotion, directory production and distribution, as well as on-site administration and operations.

Recruitment Poster for Companies Participating in the San Diego Bio Exhibition in the United States

In addition, six individual exhibitors will be selected and each company will receive up to 9 million won in support. The main areas of support include registration fees (mandatory), promotional material production costs, overseas market research expenses, shipping costs, interpretation fees, and airfare. Up to four of these items can be selected for support.

Applications will be accepted from March 18 to March 27 through the Gyeonggi Enterprise Secretary (www.egbiz.or.kr).

Um Kiman, Director of the Bio Industry Division of Gyeonggi Province, stated, "BIO USA is the world's largest bio event, where technological exchanges and partnering with global pharmaceutical, bio companies, and investors are actively conducted. This year as well, we will actively support promising bio companies in the province so that they can achieve tangible results in the global market."