Incheon to take on 78 projects, create 58,000 employment opportunities by 2025 On March 19, Incheon City hosted a subcommittee meeting for Incheon’s Green New Deal, and took a full step towards transforming Incheon into an eco-friendly city. Following the Digital New Deal subcommittee held on the March 5, this meeting was convened to examine the performance of the Green New Deal and discuss future directions. ▲ Incheon’s Green New Deal is scheduled to promote a 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 Incheon City Resource and Sharing Recycling Campaign​​​​​)​ A total of 78 projects are planned for the Incheon Green New Deal with the goal of “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 5.6 trillion by 2025. In particular, at this meeting, participants discussed the overall direction for the Green New Deal, recent achievements, and development plans moving forward, including the establishment of the foundation for a hydrogen industry by signing an MOU with hydrogen-related organizations, and launching of the Eco-friendly City Promotion Group (a control tower overseeing the promotion of maritime and environmental policies,etc.). In particular, the experts who participated in the meeting gave in-depth advice on the future direction of the Incheon Green NewDeal. ▲ Photo of the Clean Ocean TF (a project included in the Incheon Green New Deal), and photo of the Sorae Port Sunset Bridge under construction. ▲ MOU for establishing the foundation for a hydrogen industry in Incheon Professor Won Dong-joon from Inha University discussed trends regarding the transition from renewable energy to regionally-led distributed energy, and recent discussions on the introduction of a carbon border tax in Europe. He also emphasized that it is essentia

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 stops featuring not only free Wi-Fi connection, but also LED lighting, cooling vents, and heated chairs. Incheon is looking to spend KRW 22 billion on a major overhaul and expansion of the platforms and public Wi-Fi equipment, air-conditioning, and heating facilities at bus stops to make sure its citizens can wait for buses in a more pleasant environment. ▲ 674 bus stops in Incheon will transform into pleasant 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. (Photo of a standard bus platform design (Incheon-si) - regular-type) Throughout the year, Incheon will update and upgrade 674 bus stations on 205 bus routes that were revised on December 31, 2020. The Metropolitan City Government plans to install 500 platforms, whereas each Gun/Gu Office and IFEZ will install 124 and 50 new stations, respectively. Public transport is expected to become much more convenient for the public with more than five times the usual number of bus stations built every year (approximately 120 stations on a normal year). This initiative will bring the total number of bus stations in Incheon from 3,843 in 2020 to 4,517 in 2021. In addition to 300 bus information terminals(BIT), 950 public Wi-Fis models will also be installed at platforms, giving the public better Wi-Fi coverage at bus stops. ▲Standard bus platform design (Incheon-si) - closed-type (left) and open-type (right) ▲ Gyeyang-gu bus platform design (left), Songdo Dalbit Festival Park Station bus platform design (right) ​As for the BITs, Incheon is looking to install 200 new terminals, and replace 100 old terminals. Free public Wi-Fi units will be additionally installed at 950 stops, bringing the total to 3,500 bus stops. Currently

Incheon opens AI Innovation Center, creating a foundation for quantum computing Incheon is working with Amazon Web Services (AWS), a global cloud service company, to build an artificial intelligence (AI) ecosystem customized to suit Incheon’s local conditions, which it hopes to use in building a sustainable smart city that can dramatically improve the lives of its citizens. AWS is the cloud computing business arm of Amazon (Amazon.com), the world’s largest e-commerce company. Incheon announced on March 31 that it had signed an “MOU for shared growth of AI future technologies” with AWS at its City Hall reception room. With this MOU, Incheon will work towards building an AI ecosystem tailored the city by actively utilizing AWS’ advanced technology and expertise in developing AI companies as well as innovative solutions featuring future technology (quantum computing). ▲ On March 31, Incheon signed an “MOU for Shared Growth of AI Future Technologies” with AWS. Incheon has long been at the Center of developing global business initiatives for Korea using its international cities - Songdo, Cheongna, and Yeongjong - as hubs for overseas expansion. The city is home to the world-class, state-of-the-art Incheon International Airport and Incheon Port, and a number of international organizations (e.g. Green Climate Fund), international schools(e.g. Chadwick International School), and multinational corporations. To date, Incheon has tried to pursue various collaborative projects with overseas entities and overseas expansion projects. However, there are many issues that need to be ironed out to facilitate the full-fledged global business expansion or cooperation with overseas players moving forward. Also, although Incheon’s old city center has been at the Center of multiple urban regeneration projects, Incheon will have to expand the target area and find more effective ways to improve medical services for people with poor access to hospitals and clinics. Incheon

Joins the Powering Past Coal Alliance, explores the expansion of hydrogen-powered mobility solutions and the reduction of greenhouse gases Incheon recently rolled up its sleeves to take a more aggressive stance in building an economy based on hydrogen, which is widely regarded as an eco-friendly future energy source. It is accelerating its plans to make the city carbon neutral with more green buildings and clean factories, and by creating urban forests capable of absorbing carbon. ▲ Incheon is taking a more aggressive stance in building an economy based on hydrogen, which is widely regarded as an eco-friendly future energy source. Incheon Mayor Park Namchoon on October 18, 2018, testing Hyundai’s hydrogen electric vehicle “Nexo.” Incheon declares itself a leader in the hydrogen industry, accelerates transition to eco-friendly energy To transition from a fossil fuel-driven society to an eco-friendly energy-driven society at a faster pace, Incheon joined hands with the corporate sector and declared itself a “leading hydrogen city.” On March 2, the Incheon Metropolitan Government, Seo-gu Office, Hyundai Motor Company, and SK ES signed an “MOU on mutual cooperation for the establishment of the hydrogen industry.” The Hydrogen Economy Committee(chaired by Prime Minister Chung Sye-kyun), the Korean government’s control tower for hydrogen economy initiatives, joined the agreement as well. Under its newest MOU, Incheon will take the lead in building abio/by-product hydrogen production cluster, and explore ways to offer financial and administrative support for initiatives such as transitioning to a hydrogen vehicles system and building the required infrastructure. Meanwhile, Seo-gu will look to build a hydrogen industry base, improve the environment, and bolster safety. In order to contribute to the expansion of the hydrogen economy, Hyundai Motor Company plans to promote the hydrogen car industry, supply hydrogen-powered cars, and actively participate in

“Incheon VR/AR Production Support Center” to drive the production of Incheon’s very own K-content In recent years, K-content (VR/AR content) has garnered significant attention from overseas markets, following in the footsteps of K-pop music and K-dramas. This rise in popularity of K-content is driven by a production system that blends Korea’s advanced technology and a solid foundation of advanced culture to make people tune in from all over the world. And with more people staying at home since the COVID-19 outbreak, exciting VR and AR immersive content - both of which people can enjoy without worrying about where they are - are becoming the answer to entertainment at home. Incheon has the perfect place for K-content production - the Incheon VR/AR Production Support Center, which serves as a central hub and platform for Incheon’s content production industry. ▲ In recent years, K-content (VR/AR content) has garnered significant attention from overseas markets, following in the footsteps of K-pop music and K-dramas. And with more people staying at home since theCOVID-19 outbreak, exciting VR and AR immersive content - both of which people can enjoy without worrying about where they are - are becoming the answer to entertainment at home. Mecca of the content industry, now spreading out into the world Immersive content using virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR)technology is expanding not only to entertainment fields, such as games and images, but also to industrial sites. In 2019, the VR/AR market for industrial applications surpassed that of the entertainment VR/AR content market for the first time ever. Moreover, the gap between the two markets is expected to triple by 2023. For this very reason, Korea is focusing on the field of VR/AR industrial applications, and is promoting various projects to push its agenda across the country. One notable project currently under way is a government-driven plan to open 14 VR/AR regional centers nationwide. Ea