A Major Shift to the civic participatory consumption space of culture andart ​​​Incheon Metropolitan City is concentrating its efforts on revitalizing the industrial complex that is the foundation of the local economy and plays a major role in creating key infrastructure for economic growth and job creation. Incheon Metropolitan City is promoting to innovate manufacturing of aging industrial complexes, create good jobs, and improve human-centered infrastructure until 2023 by receiving government funding for the industrial complex remodeling project selected by the Government Jobs Committee in 2020, starting with the Smart Green Industrial Complex Creation Project selected by the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy in 2019.In the meantime, the quality of employment in the Incheon Industrial Complex has gradually deteriorated due to the aging offacilities, distribution of industries concentrated in traditional manufacturing, production function-oriented facilities, and lack of infrastructure such as worker convenience facilities, and the problem of mismatching jobs is serious due to the youth's avoidance of employment. Although administrative support and policies to solve this problem have been continued, it is true that there are limits to effective policies due to the lack of private participation.​Hereupon, Incheon Metropolitan City is promoting large-scale renovation projects, which reflects the regional characteristics of aging industrial complexes based on government funds selected through public offerings, such as ▲ High-quality manpower nurturing project ▲ Material, parts, and equipment demonstration support project ▲ Integrated control center establishment ▲ Smart energy platform and logistics center construction project. This is acting as a positive factor for corporate investment by giving companies a key signal of change towards smart and high added value of industrial complexes.In addition, Incheon Metropolitan City is attracting privat

ISO22000 Certification of Gongchon,Bupyeong, Susan, and Namdong water purification plantsAs tap water in Incheon has made a hygiene management system that is equivalent to food and received internationalcertification, more clean tap water supply can be expected.▲ As tap water in Incheon has made a hygiene management system that is equivalent to food and received internationalcertification, more clean tap water supply can be expected. The photo shows Bupyeong Water Purification PlantThe Office of Waterworks in Incheon Metropolitan City announced on the 8th that the tap water in Incheon acquired the International Standards Organization's Food Safety Management System (ISO 22000) international certification on the 2nd and received the international standard certificate. The acquisition of ISO 22000 certification means that tap water in Incheon has been internationally admitted for being strictly produced and supplied through systematic hygiene management and food safety management. Objects that have passed the international hygiene management standards and have obtained ISO 22000 include the entire production and supply of purified water from the intake of the four water purification plants in Incheon (Gongchon, Bupyeong,Susan, and Namdong water purification plants) and the bottled Michuhol Chammul production facility.▲ Objects that have passed the international hygiene management standards and have obtained ISO 22000 includethe entire production and supply of purified water from the intake of the four water purification plants in Incheon(Gongchon, Bupyeong, Susan, and Namdong water purification plants) and the bottled Michuhol Chammul productionfacility. The photo shows bottled water made from tap water in Incheon.▲ Gongchon Water Purification Plant, which is included in the ISO22000 certification this timeISO 22000 is a Food Safety Management System developed by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and it is an international standard that is

The vaccine process training is inprogress, starting construction of the Human Resources Training Center in thesecond half of 2022▲The Incheon Metropolitan City will begin 'Korean NIBRT Program Operation and BioprocessHuman Resource Development Center Construction Project' after going through administrativeprocedures, which was introduced in October last year, starting with a design competition in August and vaccine education in September.The photo is a commemorative photo after confirming the attraction of the Bioprocess Human Resources Training Center in Incheon on October 15, 2020.The Incheon Metropolitan City will begin 'Korean NIBRT Program Operation and Bioprocess Human Resource Development Center Construction Project' after going through administrative procedures, which was introduced in October last year,starting with a design competition in August and vaccine education in September.The design competition for the ‘Bio Process Human Resources Training Center Construction Project’, which will be built with 4 floors above the ground and a total floor area of 6600 m2, started on August 26, and applications are accepted until 5:00 pm on October 27.After this design competition, a winner will be selected in November, and construction of the center is scheduled to start in the second half of 2022 after basic and detailed design, with an aim of opening in January 2024.▲ The 'Korean NIBRT Program Operation' is a national project promoted by the Ministry of Trade, Industryand Energy, the Ministry of Health and Welfare, Incheon Metropolitan City, Incheon Techno Park, and Yonsei University, the education system of NIBRT, an Irish biopharmaceutical manpower training institution, will be implemented inaccordance with the situation in Korea.The photo is the '2018 Bio IncheonForum (BigC)' held at the Songdo Convensia Grand Ballroom in 2018.‘The 'Korean NIBRT Program Operation' is a national project promoted by the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy, the Minist

Incheon customized youth policydiscovery task force formation, new business discovery promotion​​The Incheon Metropolitan City will form an ‘Incheon customized Youth Policy Discovery TF’ to secure high-quality jobs for young people in Incheon and to prepare measures such as housing stability.As the government announced earlier that it would significantly expand youth support policies worth KRW 8 trillion as part of the ‘Korean New Deal 2.0’, a support organization was formed to establish a new Incheon customized youth policy vision strategy in line with the government policy stance. ▲ Incheon Metropolitan City will form ‘Incheon customized Youth Policy Discovery TF’ to prepare measures such as securing high-quality jobs for young people in Incheon and stabilizing housing and will start a full-scale promotion. In the photo, Park Namchoon, the mayor of Incheon, who is actively seeking out the future and youth policy of Incheon at the meeting of assistant ministers and directors-general in August. The TF will consist of regional youth representatives, experts, and business departments, with the head of the administration mayor and the vice head of the Job Economy Headquarters as the center, and plan to develop an Incheon customized youth policy, establish a vision strategy (2021-2025), and try to reflect it in next year's budget as much as possible.The key content of 'Incheon customized youth policy' to create Incheon's representative youth policy in the fields of employment, start-up, housing, life, education, culture and leisure under the slogan of 'wings to the youth' with the aim of creating social and economic conditions and a residential environment so that young people, who are the future growth engine, can freely express their desires.In this regard, this TF formation is expected to play an important role in achieving the goal of discovering Incheon customized youth policies.▲ Incheon Metropolitan City plans to discover Incheon customized yo

Driving force for economic growth and job creation of youth along with the‘Bio industry’ ​​As the government decided to support attracting overseas MRO companies intensively to Incheon International Airport, the overall 'Incheon aviation industry', including the MRO industry promoted by Incheon Metropolitan City, is expected to have great momentum. If the Incheon's aviation industry is activated, Incheon will have both wings of future cash along with the Incheon Bio Industry, which is being promoted earlier. This will provide a driving force for new economic growth and job creation for youth in Incheon.▲ If the Incheon's aviation industry is activated, Incheon will have both wings of future cash along with the Incheon Bio Industry, which is being promoted earlier. This will provide a driving force for new economic growth and job creation for youth in Incheon.This is a picture of an aircraft remodeling. Sharp Technics. According to the Incheon Metropolitan City on the 16th, the government announced 13 major policies in four strategies, 'measures to strengthen competitiveness of the aviation maintenance industry,' with the goal of fostering and supporting Incheon for the complex aviation maintenance business field through the ‘43rd Emergency Economy Central Countermeasures Headquarters Meeting’ held on the 12th.According to the results of the specific meeting, the government is planning to support the development of specialized fields for each region in order to prevent overlapping investments among MRO clusters that are being dispersed and promoted by region, and Incheon International Airport has decided to attract overseas MRO companies.In advance, Incheon Metropolitan City is concentrating on attracting overseas companies to revitalize the MRO industry. Since 2018, the first year of the 7th popular election, it has been proceeding to attract aircraft remodeling projects of the IAI Israel, and successfully completed it even in the midst of the COVID-19

Construction of Song-do Zone 11, Pharmaceutical Bio Commercialization Center·Bioprocessing Research Training CenterThe Incheon Free Economic Zone is spurring the 2nd stage creation of the Yonsei University International Campus,where Song-do Severance Hospital and Yonsei Science Park will be built. The Incheon Free Economic Zone has recently held the 3rd working-level meeting this year for the 'YonseiUniversity International Campus 2nd Stage Creation (Science Park)’ at the Yonsei University International Campus in Songdo International City. ▲The Incheon Free Economic Zone is spurring the 2nd stage creation of the Yonsei University International Campus,where Songdo Severance Hospital and Yonsei Science Park will be built. The photo shows the IFEZ in Songdo City.​​In this meeting, details of support for the construction of Songdo Severance Hospital and the creation of Yonsei Science Park were discussed, as Songdo Global Complex Development Co., Ltd. and GS EC consortium signed a business agreement at the end of June to build apartment houses and officetels on the site for profit in Songdo District 11 in relation to the 2nd stagecreation of the Yonsei University International Campus. The Incheon Free Economic Zone proposed a detailed implementation plan (draft) for each schedule to Yonsei Universityso that the Songdo Severance Hospital construction and Yonsei Science Park creation project could be carried out in normal. Yonsei University is intending to proceed the construction of the Songdo Severance Hospital in normal with the goal of starting construction in 2022 and complete construction in 2026 in accordance with the business agreement signed with Incheon Metropolitan City and the detailed schedule, such as the input of development profits for the Yonsei University International Campus 2nd stage creation, will be prepared and discussed later.▲Yonsei University is intending to proceed the construction of the Songdo Severance Hospital in normal with the go

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e-Questionnaireswill reduce infection/exposure at screening clinics and alleviate the fatigueof frontline staff IncheonMetropolitan City has decided to introduce an e-questionnaire system to reducethe risk of exposure to infections at its COVID-19 screening clinics, and toreduce the fatigue levels of its frontline healthcare workers. The CityGovernment announced that it plans to expand the QR code-based medicale-questionnaire system, which is currently being pilot-tested at screeningclinics in four counties and districts across the city, to all ten counties anddistricts under its jurisdiction. Screening clinics at the four county/district health centers,including Jung-gu, Yeonsu-gu, Namdong-gu, and Ongjin-gun, started pilot-testingthe QR code-based medical e-questionnaire system since last June. ▲The City Government announced that it plans to expand the QR code-based medicale-questionnaire system, which is currently being pilot-tested at screeningclinics in four counties and districts across the city, to all ten counties anddistricts under its jurisdiction. Image of the screening clinic at theBupyeong-gu Public Health Center. The decision to expand the QR code-based e-questionnaire systemwas prompted by a university student who suggested the idea to Mayor ParkNamchoon via SNS, to which the Major agreed. Theuniversity student was concerned that the current testing system at screeningclinics involves the process of waiting → interviewing → collecting → returninghome. He pointed out that if a clinic saw a surge in patients waiting fortesting, it would inevitably increase waiting time and the risk of contact,which could lead to another wave of confirmed COVID-19 patients. Switchingto an e-questionnaire using a QR code instead of filling out the questionnaireby hand can reduce the waiting time, lower the risk of infection, and reducethe workload of frontline healthcare providers at screening clinics. ▲Introducing an e-questionnaire system using QR codes can re

MovicLab Co., Ltd.’s artificial intelligence solution, Yeogiro Co., Ltd.’s simplewaste disposal system for large waste, etc. Tenants of the Incheon Start-up Park, which claims to be the“Korean Silicon Valley,” are producing outstanding results by expanding intothe global market and attracting investment. ▲Companies that relocated to the Incheon Start-up Park were selected based onthe future value of their products and the company’s growth potential. Withinvestment and other financial support to facilitate the commercialization ofnew products and technologies offered as part of the leading start-up supportprogram in the country, these start-ups are starting to spread their wings tomature into unicorns. Image of the opening ceremony of the Incheon Start-upPark held in February 2021. The Incheon Start-up Park is the first industrial complex in Korea createdthanks to extensive cooperation between public and private sector stakeholdersto develop start-ups. The Park features two zones - Insta I operated by apublic institution (Incheon Techno Park) and Insta II operated by a privatecompany (Shinhan Financial Group). Insta I features the following residentcompanies.Resident companies at the Incheon Start-up Park were selected based on thefuture value of their products and the company’s growth potential. Withinvestment and other financial support to facilitate the commercialization ofnew products and technologies offered as part of the leading start-up supportprogram in the country, these start-ups are starting to spread their wings tomature into unicorns. Unicorn companies are start-ups valued at more than USD 1billion.Movic Lab Co., Ltd. (CEO: Lee Won-geun) is a start-up that offers industrialartificial intelligence (AI) solutions engineered to measure ultrasonic soundsignals inaudible to human ears, to determine abnormal conditions in industrialfacilities in real-time, and to predict failures in advance.Thanks to its advanced failure prediction algorithm po

Bioventures and start-ups... More job opportunities, and a stimulated localeconomy Incheon will get a new opportunity to advance to the forefrontof Korea’s bio-industry thanks to its successful bid to host the “K-Bio LabHub,” a specialized support organization for start-ups in the bio industry. OnJuly 9, Incheon was selected as the final winner of the bid for the “K-Bio LabHub Construction Project” commissioned by the Ministry of SMEs and Startups.In particular, with all of the groundwork for a robust bio-industry alreadylaid in Incheon, along with the city’s new “Bioengineering Personnel TrainingCenter” (Incheon’s won the bid for the Center last year), building the “IncheonBio Cluster” and the collaboration between industry, academia, research, andmedicine are expected to gain more momentum. ▲ On July 9, Incheon was selected as the final winner of the bidfor the “K-Bio Lab Hub Construction Project” commissioned by the Ministry ofSMEs and Start-ups. On July 9, the Ministry of SMEsand Startups reviewed proposals made by five local governments, includingIncheon, Gyeongsangnam-do, Daejeon, Chungcheongbuk-do, and Jeollabuk-do, andultimately settled on Incheon as its new locale for the K-Bio Lab Hub project.The K-Bio Lab Hub project involves building a specialized supportinfrastructure for start-ups in the biotechnology field, such as new drugdevelopment, to help nurture bio start-ups.The K-Bio Lab Hub is based loosely on Lab Central, a Boston-based bio-startupsupport organization. Essentially, it is an infrastructure construction projectaimed at offering a comprehensive range of support in terms of the facilitiesand equipment necessary for bio start-ups may require. It will also invitestart-ups to move into the Hub, and provide the infrastructure required inexperimenting, researching, producing clinical prototypes, and cooperating withother stakeholders in the industry, academia, research, and medicine.With the K-Bio Lab Hub construction pro