Incheon chooses “Incheon’s 40 Years of Independence, a History of Pride and a Future of Hope” as slogan for upcoming eventAt a citizens’ advisory panel meeting for the “Incheon Independence 40th Anniversary Event,” the Incheon Metropolitan City Government agreed on a slogan for the event and a new name for the old mayoral residence (“Incheon Citizens’ House”).On May 4, Incheon hosted the second citizens’ advisory panel meeting (the Incheon Independence 40th Anniversary Event), featuring experts on the history of Incheon, city/administrative experts, event/planning experts, members of the general public, and representatives of various civic groups, to choose both the slogan for the event and a name for the former mayoral residence.▲ View of the old mayoral residence in Songhak-dong. Based on results from a local referendum, Incheon will renovate the former mayoral residence into the Incheon Citizens’ House. Incheon held a local referendum for the event slogan options discussed at the panel’s first meeting and new name of the former mayoral residence from May 12 to May 21 (ten days).445 citizens participated in the online voting for the slogan to headline the event celebrating the 40th anniversary of Incheon’s independence and the name of the old mayoral residence.Voters chose Incheon Citizens’ House as the new name of the old mayoral residence.▲Main gate of the Songhak-dong residence, which was used as the official residence of the Mayor of Incheon.​​​▲The former mayor of Songhak-dong, Jeong Cho-seok Furthermore, the advisory panel confirmed the “event identity” (EI) for the “Incheon Independence 40th Anniversary Event.”The option selected by the advisory panel consists of three ocean-colored water droplets. Here, the color represents the sea off the coast of Incheon, and the three water droplets symbolize the past, present, and future of the city. In particular, the wave-like pattern hearkens back to the proud and comp

ICA secures contract for “Oull Honey Twinkle Mask Pack,” and expects to increase exports to ChinaThe Incheon Metropolitan City Government recently announced its “Four Year (2021~2024) Plan to Revitalize Incheon’s Beauty Industry” (hereinafter the “Plan”) to create a springboard that can propel the city’s beauty industry to new heights.Incheon listened to feedback from market participants across the beauty industry in Incheon, and reflected its findings in the “K-Beauty Innovation Comprehensive Strategy” announced by the central government on January 27 this year. The City Government also hosted the “Incheon Beauty Industry Revitalization Conference” to gather input from the industry.Using the Plan, Incheon hopes to fulfill its vision of creating an economic growth engine and positioning itself as a leading city in the beauty category by elevating beauty-related businesses to make sure they have the capacity to generate higher added value. Moreover, the City Government plans to revitalize the currently stagnant cosmetics market in Incheon and lay the groundwork for a new leap forward for Incheon’s beauty industry.▲​​​ The Incheon Metropolitan City Government recently announced its “Four Year (2021~2024) Plan to Revitalize Incheon’s Beauty Industry” to create a springboard that can propel the city’s beauty industry to new heights. The photo from a product briefing session at Oull Cosmetics in 2019. Meanwhile, the Plan includes the following promotional strategies and key initiatives:Support the growth of the beauty industry: ① Develop “beauty star” companies; ② Offer counseling for managerial and technical issues; ③ Support clinical trials; ④ Help identify potential markets (domestic/overseas); ⑤ Develop K-beauty industry experts; ⑥ Support testing, evaluation, and certification activities; ⑦ Support online marketing initiatives. With such support, the government will look to identify beauty companies with su

With its Grand Hall and Museum set to open in 2025, Art Center Incheon to rise in popularity as shooting locations for TV serials and programs​The Incheon Free Economic Zone (IFEZ) is eying its next leap forward as an international city of culture and art with the Art Center Incheon.Already two and a half years into its life, Art Center Incheon has built quite a reputation on the domestic performing arts scene with its spectacular lineup of performances, unrivaled sound, and planning capacity. The Center has also introduced a variety of cultural and arts education programs to provide citizens with opportunities to enjoy culture.Art Center Incheon is fulfilling its role in satiating the thirst for more culture and art among Incheon’s citizens, who expect more sophisticated lifestyles living in an international city (IFEZ). Once Incheon opens the Center’s Grand Hall and Museum, both of which are part of Art Center Incheon’s second phase, by the end of 2025, Art Center Incheon is expected to strengthen the cultural competence of IFEZ, and become a driving force propelling Incheon as a city of culture and art.▲Art Center Incheon has built quite a reputation on the domestic performing arts scene with its spectacular lineup of performances, unrivaled sound, and planning capacity. The Center has also introduced a variety of cultural and arts education programs to provide citizens with opportunities to enjoy culture. For the first phase of the Center, Incheon invested KRW 260 billion, and opened the 9-story (two stories in the basement, seven stories above ground/total floor area 51,977m2) building with a total seating capacity hall of 1,727 seats inside its Concert Hall.The exterior of Art Center Incheon, which was designed to mimic a maestro’s hand conducting an orchestra, has helped the Center become Incheon’s premier performance facility and a landmark of Songdo International City. It has a color-exposed concrete construction facade, and it is designed to

Incheon confirms a 5-yearmaster plan, featuring 31 initiativesTheIncheon Metropolitan City Government established a “5-year Fair Economy MasterPlan” to establish a fair market order in Incheon by eradicating unfair tradepractices, and to make Incheon a leading city in fair economy systems.Incheon’s 5-year Fair Economy Master Plan features 31initiatives across three areas: Fair Trade, accompanied Growth and Consumers,and Labor.▲ Incheon city established a 5-year plan for a fair economy inIncheon to make the city a leader in fair economy. Photo from the inaugurationceremony of the Incheon Metropolitan City Fair Economy CommitteeIn the field of fair trade, Incheon plans to initiate projectsto abolish unfair trade practices in construction, subcontracting in themanufacturing industry, culture, and arts to establish a fair market order. Inaddition, the city will launch a public delivery application service to supportsales channels for small business owners, and on-site monitoring of affiliatebusiness information disclosure to establish a healthy affiliate businessculture.Inthe field of accompanied growth and consumers focusing on mutual growth throughcooperation and protection of consumer rights and interests, Incheon willexpand the Incheon Goods and Incheon e-Mall to support sales channels for smallbusiness owners, and promote a technology protection initiative for startups torevitalize the startup ecosystem.Moreover, the city will look to engage in consumer rightsprotection and damage relief projects in order to respond to the increase ine-commerce transactions.▲ One of the key projects thatwill make Incheon a fair economy city is the Incheon e-EUM card project.In the labor sector, Incheon will provide legal counsel and education/trainingto protect workers and small enterprises, create a safe working environment,protect the basic rights and interests of workers under vulnerable conditionssuch as small workplaces, and resolve discrimination issues. Furthermore

Incheon looking to open itslong-anticipated Songdo Severance Hospital with 800 beds by 2026 WithIncheon breaking ground for its long-anticipated Songdo Severance Hospital, thecity’s southern districts are expected to get their very own majorregional-level hospital in the near future. The Songdo Severance Hospital will feature research facilitiesdedicated to the bio-medical field, which can help the Hospital liaison withthe Songdo Bio Cluster and Yonsei Science Park anchor collaboration betweenplayers across different industries, academia, and medical sector. Once online, Incheon is hoping that the Songdo Severance Hospital will create synergyin pushing the city’s “Bio New Deal,” a new deal policy tailored to Incheon’smedical and research environment. ▲ Aerial view of the Songdo Severance Hospital (tentativenaming). The Hospital is expected to open in 2026. The Songdo Severance Hospital, expected to open sometime in December 2026, willfeature a main building with 14 stories above ground, three stories belowground, and 800 hospital beds (total land area: 85,800m2 or 26,000pyeong) inside the Yonsei University International Campus in SongdoInternational City. The Songdo Severance Hospital project is jointly promoted byYonsei University, the Incheon Metropolitan City Government, and Incheon FreeEconomic Zone Authority based on an agreement for phase-2 of the internationalcampus project between the “Incheon Metropolitan City-IFEZ-YonseiUniversity-Songdo Global Complex Development Co., Ltd.” Yonsei UniversityHealth System selected Samoo Architects and Engineers as the lead architecture firmAugust last year to design the Hospital. TheSongdo Severance Hospital plans to provide specialized expert medical servicesusing the top medical infrastructure in the nation available via the YonseiUniversity Health System. Along with medical services, the Hospital will serveas a regional-level hospital for the Gyeonggi-do and Incheon region as well asthe western seaboard

Healthy Incheon - Sports for allAccording to the National Sports for All Survey, the number of people not participating in regular sports activities (at least one 30-minute exercise session per week) jumped from 25.9% in 2019 to 29.5% in 2020. In other words, people are not only socially distancing from other people, but they are also socially distancing from exercising. Fortunately, with the COVID-19 pandemic still ongoing, some people are starting to recognize the importance of exercising regularly to boost their immune system. To help its citizens exercise safely and stay healthy, Incheon is offering a number of different sports activities.​ #Untact sports programsCOVID-19 has ushered in the era of “home training.” Spending more time at home has led to more interest in workouts people can do at home. On May 2, Incheon launched a home training program called “Fresh GYM” via its official website. Fresh GYM offers video lessons by professional sports for all instructors, and the City is planning to provide information on sporting facilities across Incheon with a new “My Neighborhood Sporting Facilities” feature. Also, Incheon is planning on dividing its ZOOM “Live Sports Classes” led by sports for all instructors at each Gun/Gu district into different sport types.#CustomFit workout programsIf you are curious about your fitness, and you want to learn what exercise best suits you, try using the “Fitness Verification Center.” The Fitness Verification Center is an accredited verification body designated by the Korean government that provides customized exercise prescriptions and fitness programs tailored to different fitness levels. Anyone over the age of 11 can use the Center for free. The Center provides an organized way of managing your fitness with exercise prescriptions based on data, such as body composition analyses and physical fitness measurements. Currently, Incheon operates three Fitness Verification Centers - the Dong-gu Fitness Verific

Incheon launches a Citizen’s Advisory Group, plans to open up the old Mayor’s residence to the public, and host a variety of other events for the anniversaryOn May 4, Incheon launched the Citizen’s Advisory Group to help organize the “Incheon Independence 40th Anniversary Event,” and host its first group meeting.Incheon is celebrating the 40th anniversary of its independence from Gyeonggi-do - Incheon became a direct-controlled municipality on July 1, 1981. To celebrate its 40th anniversary as an independent city with its citizens, take a look back at the city’s history, and present a vision for the city’s future, Incheon will host a variety of events leading up to and after July 1.The “Incheon 40 Years of Independence Citizen’s Advisory Group” features ten experts, including experts on local Incheon affairs, experts in urban and administrative affairs, event planners, and members of the general public. Together, these experts will offer advice to Incheon on how to organize the upcoming 40th anniversary event.​ ▲ On May 4, Incheon launched the Citizen’s Advisory Group to help organize the “Incheon Independence 40th Anniversary Event,” and host its first group meeting.Incheon Mayor Park Nam-choon said, “It has been 40 years since Incheon was promoted to a directly controlled municipality. To celebrate Incheon’s independence with its people, we are going to work with the people, right from the beginning.” He added, “Over the past 40 years, Incheon has grown into a mega-city, and size-wise it is the largest municipal city in Korea. It boasts a population of 3 million residents, and it has matured into a global economic hub with an international airport, ports, and a free economic zone.”As for the Group’s Chairperson, Hwang Gyu-cheol, the Chairperson of the Incheon Sarang Movement Citizen’s Council, was elected by the Group members, and Incheon National University’s Professor Seo Jong-gook was elected as Vice-Chairperson.Cha

Incheon Free Economic Zone Authority Notice No. 2021 - 95 The “one sketch” project in which the enjoyer becomes the proposer Public Artwork Idea Sketch Contest The Incheon Free Economic Zone Authority plans to install public art work that captures the artistic creativity and cultural sensibility of the Incheon Free Economic Zone by discovering the creative ideas of citizens and developing them. ○ contest name : Songdo Solchan Park Public Artwork Idea Sketch Contest ○ Eligibility for application : Local residents and foreign residents (individual or group) in Korea ○ Target area : Songdo International City ○ Contest theme : Sketching the idea of public artwork in harmony with the sunset ○ How to submit : Download the documents and send an email - E-mail : hyorecious@korea.kr For more information, please refer attachment. April 28, 2021 Commissioner of Incheon Free Economic Zone Authority, Incheon Metropolitan City

Incheon to take on 78 projects, create 58,000employment opportunities by 2025 On March 19, Incheon City hosted a subcommitteemeeting for Incheon’s Green New Deal, and took a full step towards transformingIncheon into an eco-friendly city. Following the Digital New Deal subcommittee heldon the March 5, this meeting was convened to examine the performance of theGreen New Deal and discuss future directions. ▲ Incheon’s Green New Deal is scheduled to promotea total of 78 projects with the goal of “environment and safety improvement,and creation of new growth engines.” (Photo of a donation event for the IncheonCity Resource and Sharing Recycling Campaign​​​​​)​ A total of 78 projects are planned for the Incheon Green New Deal with the goalof “improving environment as well as safety, and creating new growth engines.”The initiative will aim to create 58,000 jobs by investing a total of KRW 5.6trillion by 2025. In particular, at this meeting, participantsdiscussed the overall direction for the Green New Deal, recent achievements,and development plans moving forward, including the establishment of thefoundation for a hydrogen industry by signing an MOU with hydrogen-relatedorganizations, and launching of the Eco-friendly City Promotion Group (acontrol tower overseeing the promotion of maritime and environmental policies,etc.). In particular, the experts who participated in themeeting gave in-depth advice on the future direction of the Incheon Green NewDeal. ▲ Photo of the CleanOcean TF (a project included in the Incheon Green New Deal), and photo of theSorae Port Sunset Bridge under construction. ▲ MOU forestablishing the foundation for a hydrogen industry in Incheon Professor Won Dong-joon from Inha University discussed trends regarding thetransition from renewable energy to regionally-led distributed energy, andrecent discussions on the introduction of a carbon border tax in Europe. Healso emphasized that it is essential to transform Incheon

Installing free Wi-Fi, LED lighting, cooling vents,heated chairs This year, bus stops across Incheon are going to get a makeover.674 bus stops will be updated or replaced with smart and comfortable bus stopsfeaturing not only free Wi-Fi connection, but also LED lighting, cooling vents,and heated chairs. Incheon is looking to spend KRW 22 billion on amajor overhaul and expansion of the platforms and public Wi-Fi equipment,air-conditioning, and heating facilities at bus stops to make sure its citizenscan wait for buses in a more pleasant environment. ▲ 674 bus stops in Incheon will transform intopleasant and smart bus stops with free Wi-Fi and air conditioning facilities,giving Incheon’s citizens a chance to wait for buses in greater comfort. (Photoof a standard bus platform design (Incheon-si) - regular-type) Throughout the year, Incheon will update and upgrade 674 bus stations on 205bus routes that were revised on December 31, 2020. The Metropolitan CityGovernment plans to install 500 platforms, whereas each Gun/Gu Office and IFEZwill install 124 and 50 new stations, respectively. Public transport is expected to become much more convenient forthe public with more than five times the usual number of bus stations builtevery year (approximately 120 stations on a normal year). This initiative willbring the total number of bus stations in Incheon from 3,843 in 2020 to 4,517in 2021. In addition to 300 bus information terminals(BIT), 950 public Wi-Fis models will also be installed at platforms, giving thepublic better Wi-Fi coverage at bus stops. ▲Standard busplatform design (Incheon-si) - closed-type (left) and open-type (right) ▲ Gyeyang-gu bus platform design (left), SongdoDalbit Festival Park Station bus platform design (right) ​As for the BITs, Incheon is looking to install 200 new terminals, and replace100 old terminals. Free public Wi-Fi units will be additionally installed at950 stops, bringing the total to 3,500 bus stops. Currently, all city busesservic