The Incheon MetropolitanCity Government, in partnership with Inha University, will train experts in thefuture space industry who can play a leading role in the space industry goingforward, promote space exploration, and take on core space technologydevelopment projects that could be utilized in expeditions to the moon insearch of space resources. On July 25, Incheon hostedan opening ceremony for the “Future Space Exploration and Space ResourceUtilization Technology Research Center” at the Institute for AerospaceIndustry-Academia Collaboration (IIACI). Officials from 24 industry, academia,research, and government institutes participating in the consortium for theResearch Center attended the event. The opening ceremony wasfollowed by a brief introduction of the Research Center, and a workshop on howRD and training will proceed. During the workshop, research personnel fromvarious industry, academia, and research institutions that will participate inthe Research Center’s operations shared research initiatives expected to becarried out over the next five years. Meanwhile, for the FutureSpace Exploration and Space Resource Utilization Technology Research Centerproject, a new industry, academia, and research consortium was established topropose the Research Center for the “Future Space Education Center Project”promoted and approved by the Ministry of Science and ICT on April 11. In particular, the FutureSpace Exploration and Space Resource Utilization Technology Research Centerwill provide practical research and training in the field of space explorationand space resource utilization. To do so, a total of 23 local organizations andcompanies, including industry, academia, and research institutions based inIncheon (Inha University, Incheon National University, State University of NewYork, Korea Polar Research Institute of Marine Research Placement, KoreaInstitute of Industrial Technology, and Dawin Friction) will participate in theproject. The Research Center plan

The Incheon MetropolitanCity Government has agreed to a real estate deal with Samsung Biologics (CEO:John Rim) at Incheon City Hall on July 18. ▲ On July 28, KimYeon-joo, Assistant Director of New Bio Industry at the Incheon Free EconomicZone (IFEZ) Authority, held a press conference following the “Signing Ceremonyfor the Investment Contract between Incheon and Samsung Biologics” at theBriefing Room inside the City Hall building. According to the terms ofthe contract, Incheon and Samsung Biologics will look to attract new research andmanufacturing facilities with the right capacity to lead the global high-techmedicine field to block no. 11 (430, Songdo-dong; a high-tech industrialcluster (C) at Songdo International City. The contract worth KRW 426 billion(land area: 357,366 ㎡ ) wassigned by Incheon Mayor Yoo Jeong-bok, acting Deputy Commissioner of the IFEZAuthority Seong Yong-won, and Samsung Biologics CEO John Rim. The was previouslyassigned to attract facilities and institutions from across the globe andcreate an ecosystem for the high-tech industry. IFEZ's new development plan tobuild a bio industry cluster was approved by the Ministry of Trade, Industryand Energy in July 2019. Then, in September 2020, IFEZ established a newstrategy aimed at boosting the competitiveness of Korea's biopharmaceuticalindustry on the global stage and bringing in companies that can help developsmall and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) as well as venture corporations inKorea. IFEZ embarked on an openround of recruiting business operators in October of last year, and ultimatelyselected Samsung Biologics as its preferred bidder in December 2021. ▲ Map of block 11 inSongdo purchased by Samsung Biologics. With the development andsupply of vaccines and therapeutics emerging as a top national priority forcountries around the world since the outbreak of COVID-19, this new dealbetween Incheon and Samsung Biologics is expected to help Korea’sbiopharmaceutical industry improve its

Outstanding publictechnology and research capability Open to special zone companies The Seo-gu Innopolis inIncheon has declared itself an “innovation cluster” for environmental sciencein Korea. On July 14, the IncheonMetropolitan City Government, together with Incheon National University (INU)and the Incheon Housing and City Development Corporation, hosted a “VisionProclamation Ceremony for the Seo-gu Innopolis in Incheon” at INU’s campus inSongdo (auditorium). ▲ The RD Innopolis(hereinafter referred to as “Innopolis”) initiative is based upon a whole newmodel for research and development zones that involves establishingsmall-scale, high-density technology hubs equipped to commercialize newtechnology. Each Innopolis is led by institutions with relevant coretechnologies and sufficient capacity for innovation. Earlier in June, theMinistry of Science and ICT designated and announced the Seo-gu area of Incheonas an Innopolis specializing in the environmental field. In the photo, IncheonMetropolitan City Mayor Yoo Jeong-bok is declaring the vision for Seo-gu’sInnopolis going forward at the “Vision Proclamation Ceremony for the Seo-gu Innopolisin Incheon” at INU on July 14. The RD Innopolis(hereinafter referred to as “Innopolis”) initiative is based upon a whole newmodel for research and development zones that involves establishingsmall-scale, high-density technology hubs equipped to commercialize newtechnology. Each Innopolis is led by institutions with relevant coretechnologies and sufficient capacity for innovation. Earlier in June, theMinistry of Science and ICT designated and announced the Seo-gu area of Incheonas an Innopolis specializing in the environmental field. The Seo-gu Innopolisproject in Incheon is aimed at establishing a new hub to address environmentalpollution and create technology capable of managing the environment withinformation and communication technology (ICT). INU will be featured as thecore technology institution, and

In front of Hanagae Beach; includes acabin in the woods, trail, and wood craft experience center. Now, there is a national recreation forest in front of HanagaeBeach. The National Muui Recreation Forest. The city held the opening ceremony for the first-ever nationalrecreation forest within the city, 'National Muui Recreation Forest' on 12th. ▲ There are currently a total of 45 national recreation forests.However, there were none of them, not even one, inIncheon and Seoul. The city made countless visits to Korea Forest Service andthe National Assembly to develop a national recreation forest in the city. As aresult, Muui-do Island is now the home of the 46th national recreation forestof the country. There are currently a total of 45 national recreation forests.However, there were none of them, not even one, inIncheon and Seoul. The city made countless visits to Korea Forest Service and theNational Assembly to develop a national recreation forest in the city. As aresult, Muui-do Island is now the home of the 46th national recreation forestof the country. There are two theories about the origin of the island's name, 'Muui-doIsland.' One is that it resembles a war general in his official uniformdancing. And the other theory is that a heavenly woman descended onto theisland to dance. Truly, the island commands a spectacular view to make even aheavenly woman dance. It is close to Horyonggoksan Mountain, Guksabong, HanagaeBeach, and Keunmuri Beach, along with the amusement part in Silmi-do Island,which also have plenty of forest resources and hiking routes. All theserecreational resources make the area a popular destination for tourists. ▲ A bird-eye view of the National Muui Recreation Forest The development area of the recreation forest equals 137 soccerfields (137 ha), in which there are 11 cabins in the woods and two buildings ofmulti-unit residences (eight rooms), totaling to 19 rooms available, 2km oftrails, an information center, and a woodcraft experience cente

Pedestrian-centeredprinciples to make school zones safe - in line with the revised Road TrafficAct to take effect from the 12th Incheon laid its foundation to becomethe No. 1 city in terms of the children's traffic safety through theimplementation of its School Zone Safety program. The city announced that with the SchoolZone Safety program it launched this year, the number of traffic accidentsinvolving children in a School Zone dropped by 50%, and the number ofcasualties by 100%. ▲ Incheon laid its foundation to becomethe No. 1 city in terms of the children's traffic safety through theimplementation of its School Zone Safety program. Image: the road markings for schoolzone. According to the tentative statistics bythe Incheon Metropolitan Police, which were announced on the 25th, the numberof traffic accidents in a School Zone reduced from 28 in the preceding year to14, and the casualty from 1 to zero. The number of injured victims also reducedfrom 27 in the preceding year to 14 this year. The city is boosting the traffic safetywithin school zones by installing customized traffic safety installations,reinforcing the lightings at crosswalks, and installing unmanned roadenforcement equipment reflecting the characteristics of pediatric pedestriansand safety hazards. ▲ The road safety installations near a schoolzone - Yellow Carpet (Yellow Footprints) So far, the city has designated 693 schoolzones (as of June 2022) and plans to install customized traffic safetyinstallations in 415 locations near the commuting routes of the children,crosswalk illuminating devices in 121 locations, and 133 unmanned roadenforcement devices. In addition, the city plans to designate32 school zones as the comprehensive improvement areas to improve the signs,road markings, and speed bumps in these children protection area. The School Zone Safety program of thecity is in line with the revised Road Traffic Act that will come into effectfrom the 12th (See Attachment 2) in that it is totally

▲ The Carbon Neutrality Support Centersupports the transition to a carbon-neutral society and the progress of theGreen Growth by means of establishing and executing plans on Incheon-stylecarbon neutrality and Green Growth, in accordance with the Framework Act onCarbon Neutrality and Green Growth for Coping with Climate Crisis. Incheon opened its 'Carbon NeutralitySupport Center' which will play the pivotal roles of the leading city in carbonneutrality to overcome the global climate crisis. The center supports the transition to acarbon-neutral society and the progress of the Green Growth by means ofestablishing and executing plans on Incheon-style carbon neutrality and GreenGrowth, in accordance with the Framework Act on Carbon Neutrality and GreenGrowth for Coping with Climate Crisis. The city decided to designate the centerunder Incheon Institute as a result of the public call for proposals anddocumentary/field reviews to designate the 'Carbon Neutrality Support Center.'The center will be provided with a total budget of 200 million won, whichincludes 100 million won from the central government funding. The scope of services of the center willbe including; ▲ supporting the planning and executing evaluation for carbonneutrality; ▲ developing and promoting carbon neutrality models; ▲ managinggreenhouse gases; ▲ supporting the establishment and execution of thecountermeasures to adapt to the climate crisis in the region; ▲ partnershipwith domestic and international partners for carbon neutrality; and ▲ expandingcarbon-neutral areas. 173 New Jobs Created, with 23 Businesses of ExcellencyNamed Incheon named 23 small-and-medium-sizedenterprises that contributed to the creation of jobs and stabilization ofemployment during the economic difficulties due to COVID-19 as the 'ExcellentJob-Creating Businesses of 2022.' A total of 48 candidates applied for thedesignation through a public call in April. Of these candidates, 23 companiesincluding Sungil Machinery Co

Meokreogichon of Hakik Law Firm Town and other streets named toenhance hygiene, taste, and services The Incheon announced that it would select seven streets amongits Food-Specialized Streets to focus its support. The Incheon designated seven food-specialized streets in orderto invigorate these streets that are highly populated by eateries and announcedthat they will commence an invigoration project including the improvement oftaste, hygiene, service levels and increased PR efforts. The seven food-specialized streets selected this time are ▲(Michuhol-gu) Meokgeori-chon of Hakik Law Firm Town, ▲ (Yeonsu-gu) Seonhak-dongFood Culture Street, ▲ (Yeonsu-gu) Osongdosong Food-Specialized Street ▲(Namdong-gu) Unyeon-dong Chueo (Mudfish) Village, ▲ (Namdong-gu) GuweolMunye-gil 1st Food Culture Street ▲ (Bupyeong-gu) Gulpo Food Town, and ▲(Seo-gu) Mashil Street. In total, there are 455 eateries and restaurantscurrently in business. The Incheon announced that it would select seven streets amongits Food-Specialized Streets to focus its support. The Incheon designated sevenfood-specialized streets in order to invigorate these streets that are highlypopulated by eateries and announced that they would commence an invigorationproject including the improvement of taste, hygiene, service levels, andincreased PR efforts. Photo top: Seonhak-dong Food Culture Street; bottom:Gulpo Food Town Currently, there are 26 food-specialized streets in Incheon. Ofthese, the city selected seven at the beginning of this month following ameeting with the merchant association of each street that was recommended bycounties and districts. With the social distancing rules due to COVID-19 being lifted,it is expected that the dining industry would see more customers. In response,the city plans to improve these streets so that visitors would considerrevisiting them while enhancing the hygiene of the area and improving theenvironment, so that they can become the hot place eatery streets of the a

The city issued a public call for participants in itsaccelerating program; the application open until July 15th The Incheonis calling for participating businesses fin its ‘Accelerating Program’ tocultivate bio ventures and startup companies, which will be the foundations forthe development of a bio cluster in cooperation with Incheon Technopark. Thisprogram, which is a part of the 2022 Bio Cluster Development Support Program, waslaunched to lay the foundation for the bio RD and startup support systemsbefore the all-out implementation of the K-Bio Lab Hub Development program,which is a strategic infrastructure development project to lead the therapy,vaccine, and new drug development startups. Thetotal project budget is 200 million won, with a grant package of 15 million wonto be doled out to each participating company. ▲ The Incheon is calling for participating businesses fin its‘Accelerating Program’ to cultivate bio ventures and startup companies, whichwill be the foundations for the development of a bio cluster in cooperationwith Incheon Technopark. Photo: A bird-eye view of K-Bio Lab Hub. Throughprivate startup accelerators, the city will carefully select promising bio-industrystartups and provide various forms of support, including consulting, mentoring,training, investment connections, and other technological startup programs. Thecity plans to cultivate bio startups in a systematic and sustained mannerthrough this program by ▲ identifying startups with promising technologies andbuilding a pool of such candidates, ▲ connecting the beneficiaries withinvestors to provide mentoring and funding to enhance the growth rate in eachphase of the companies, ▲ listening to and analyzing the opinions and inputsrelated to the bio startups and operation support programs. Theapplication is open from the 27th of this month to the 15th of the next month,and any businesses that were designated as Excellent Startup Candidates or thebio, pharmaceutical, or medical

The City to Promote Specialist Companies and Form/Launch a MetaGovernance Program in the Second Half of This Year The Incheon hosted the 2nd round of the forum for the formationof the private and public cooperation system (OMG*) with the key metaversecompanies of South Korea and other countries at the HQ of Deloitte AnjinAccounting Firm, Yeoui-do, on the 17th jointly with Incheon InternationalAirport Cooperation. The event was hosted under the theme of “MetaWays, IncheonStands Tall at the Center of the Metaverse,” with a view to seeking ways tosecure the platform competitiveness and form a collaborative ecosystem, alongwith the development of the Metaverse industry. This is the second round of the forum in which foreigncompanies, like MS or AWS, would also participate, after the first round heldwith nineteen South Korean companies only, such as Naver Cloud and NHN Cloud,etc., on May 24th. The corporation and the city government explained theirstrategies to proceed with the Metaverse project, and the key businessparticipants discussed the related technologies and shared information duringthe event. ▲The Incheon hosted the 2nd round of the forum for the formationof the private and public cooperation system (OMG*) with the key metaversecompanies of South Korea and other countries at the HQ of Deloitte AnjinAccounting Firm, Yeoui-do, on the 17th jointly with Incheon InternationalAirport Cooperation. The event was hosted under the theme of “MetaWays, IncheonStands Tall at the Center of the Metaverse,” with a view to seeking ways tosecure the platform competitiveness and form a collaborative ecosystem, alongwith the development of the Metaverse industry. Photo: 2nd round of OpenMetaverse Governance Forum The forum this time was composed of four sessions, which were,respectively ▲ Invigoration of Incheon’s Metaverse ‘Urban Platform’ Ecosystem,▲ The Establishment of the ‘Governance’ for the Invigoration of the MetaverseIndustries and Realization of

13 Events Scheduled up to the End of the Year, Starting withKorea Ocean Expo The Incheon is committed to strengthening its brand as the “MICECity Incheon” by providing support to the exhibition and convention eventsspecialized to the local context. The city government will be providing financial support packagesamounting to 1.7138 billion over 13 exhibition and convention events that arespecialized to the local context, starting from this month till the end of theyear. ▲ Incheon is committed to strengthening its brand as the “MICECity Incheon” by providing support to the exhibition and convention eventsspecialized to the local context. Photo: Big C 2021 – InBioPharm Exhibition. Korea Ocean Expo, to be held from the 22nd to 24th of this month,will be followed by more specialized events till the end of the year, including‘Environmental Industries and Carbon Neutrality Conference and Expo’ inSeptember, ‘Korea Police World Expo’ in October, and ‘Korea Beauty and CosmeticShow,’ ‘Korea MICE Expo,’ ‘K-UAM Confex,’ and ‘Bio-Pharmaceutical IncheonGlobal Confex,’ in November. The city plans to strengthen the brand of the city as aninternational MICE city and attempt to invigorate the local economy through thepromotion of exhibition and convention industries that are in line with theIncheon New Deal Policy, along with the strategic industries of Incheon,including bio, aviation, environment, and beauty industries. In addition, the ‘Korea Police World Expo’ and ‘Korea OceanExpo’ were named as the beneficiary projects by the Ministry of Trade, Industryand Energy, receiving the central government’s financial aid amounting up to105 million won. ▲ Photo: InBioPharm Exhibition 2021. Also, Korea Police World Expo, jointly hosted by the city andthe National Police Agency, made another success story when it satisfied thestrict requirements and got certified by the UFI (Union des FoiresInternationales) as an international exhibition event.