Story of Goyang's history

The best achievement of Goyang-si is ‘unified Korea Silicon Valley’

The best achievement of Goyang-si is ‘unified Korea Silicon Valley’ - Unified Korea Silicon Valley is expected to create 25 thousand opportunities for employment with new investment of 6.7 trillion KRW - No local government bond! More opportunities for employment! Focus on acquiring new driving force for the future through fourth industrial revolution - Expect to expand excellent cases based on the achievement of 10 major correction made by citizens - Suggest policies including the Blue House based on excellent administrative cases led by Goyang - Improve the reputation of the city with a million population including the appointment of market committee chair in major cities - Establish the position for IoT integrated complex by winning the gold reward from global electronic government cooperative groups “City with people more beautiful than flower, Goyang” The fifth generation of popular election starting from the philosophy as a happy city with a million populations based on people is now facing the 3rd year of anniversary. As Goyang-si was evaluated as ‘the city that people wanted to live at the most’ in the fifth generation of popular election, the sixth generation of popular election has been focusing on the project of ‘unified Korea Silicon Valley’ that 30 trillion KRW is expected along with 25 thousand opportunities of employment and new investment of 6.7 trillion KRW and creating a new huge town for the future. Furthermore, they achieved no local government bond for the first time among cities with 5 hundred thousand populations by reinforcing the transparency for local finance while attracting large-scale development business in Gyeonggi-do with central government including Goyang Ilsan Techno-Valley, Goyang juvenile smart town, and New Korean wave cultural tour belt to open up a possibility to become self-leading city. Goyang-si has submitted the suggestion for policies that contained businesses related to current issues such as ‘Unified Korea Silicon Valley project’ that was proposed by Goyang-si and agrered with the president, Jaein Moon in the election and requested to include it as national policy business. For the remaining one year, it is expected to be an important period for diffusing innovative policies of Goyang-si that have been worked on for 7 years through the fifth and sixth popular election to the entire nation. Goyang-si will focus on core businesses including ① Unified Korea Silocon Valley, ② City where people prefer to live at the most, ③ City with zero local government bond for the first time among cities with more than 5 hundred thousand populations, ④ City creating sustainable opportunities for employment, ⑤ Representative city of Korean wave for cultural tour in Korea ⑥ City with highest rate of participation of citizens in Korea ⑦ Safe city from disaster, ⑧ Best welfare city in Korea, ⑨ Special city of peaceful unification with priority on peace and human rights, ⑩ Establishment of innovative personnel system through preferred position with 1.04 million citizens. Goyang-si said, “As there has been showing visible outcomes from the communication, innovation, and cooperative administration for seven years through the fifth and sixth generation of popular election in the past, we will focus more on the administration so that Goyang-si is able to lead the fourth industrial revolution by thoroughly preparing for the Unified Korea Silicon Valley while sharing the outcomes of the tenth administration with citizens, diffusing outstanding administration to the entire nation, and improving the reputation of the city with a million populations.”

Start Unified Korea Silicon Valley global network in 282 cities in 104 countries

Furthermore, Goyang-si has been expanding the network with businessmen in Korea and abroad since the past officially starting Unified Korea Silicon Valley global network in 282 cities in 104 countries. Goyang-si has successfully advertised major businesses in Goyang-si including Unified Korea Silicon Valley at the World Octa American Businessmen Competition where about 300 major government officers and businessmen in Korea including the consul general in US Embassy, Dongki Kim, and also the a member of House of Representative in Maryland, Mark Chang, and those from abroad participated at Washington Park and actively intended to expand the global businessmen global network. Major contents in the stipulation include the establishment of ‘ global center,’ business planning and advertisement as a core partner in Goyang-si, World Octa-based participation on the work operation including investment attraction, opportunity for juveniles and talents on employment, creation of business foundation school, and commercialization of business foundation program. Especially, establishment of the office building, ‘ Global Center’ in World Octa that was relocated to Goyang-si next to ‘ Business Center’ in 2015 was to expand and develop the cooperative relation with Goyang-si in the future. They successfully held business explanation session of Unified Korea Silicon Valley at LA, San Francisco, and San Jose since the 3rd, participated in the Maekyung Silicon Valley forum to proceed business advertisement through the interview with businessmen and congratulatory speech for the opening, and actively intended to attract foreign investment. They met the major of Buena Park near LA agreeing to continuously maintain cooperative relationship after signing on MOU and focusing on establishment of network with mayors in cities in foreign countries. Especially, they signed on MOU with San Jose KIC (Korean Innovation Center) that served as a bridge between Silicon Valley in America and Korean ICTs and specifically discussed with the KIC president, Hunsoo Lee, at the meeting about consulting knowhow for establishing Silicon Valley companies and also about how to incorporate them to Silicon Valley. Hence, they decided to continue advising and cooperating with each other. Other than them, they visited core associates in Lauden county, Washing DC intellectual life platform district (Gramercy District) for the interview with CEO, and Washington DC city hall smart city top technology office (OCTO) to share outstanding cases of IT and communication infrastructure and discussed about specific technical cooperative plans by visiting cutting edge industry fields near the area. They also predicted the possibility of development of Unified Korea Silicon Valley from the policy for North Korea and diplomatic trend these days. Mayor Choi has had a meeting with major figures in the organizations including those in Heritage Foundation from CIA, core associates in National Security Department in America, director at SAIS, Jason Ku, and the president of Korea Society, Thomas Byrne as well as foreign correspondents in Washington and New York and re-confirmed how Unified Korea Silicon Valley will be the hub of peaceful unification policy by the president Jaein Moon under rapidly changing diplomatic situations. Furthermore, they have discussed the cooperative plans with international societies for establishing international industrial complex as a basis for economic cooperation between South and North Korea including peaceful unification special district and also shared many stories about various current issues including Korea-America policies by the president Jaein Moon, policies against North Korea, and Nobel Peace Prize for victims of Comfort Women. Especially, the president of Korea Society, Thomas Byrne who served as a American ambassador to Korea decided to visit Goyang-si on October for cooperation after showing interest in Unified Korea Silicon Project. On the 27th, about 350 mayors in all over the world including the mayor in Seoul, Wonsoon Park, participated in Wego Award at Ulyanovsk ending up being rewarded with gold prize (top). In addition, they requested mayor groups in all over the world to participate in ‘Smart City Innovation Submit Asia’ to be held at Goyang KINTEX on September and had confirmation with support from the departments. They had a meeting with associates in Nobel Peace Prize starting from the prevention of ambassadors of Korea in Norway at Oslo in Norway and discussed about the proceedings of Nobel Peace Prize for victims of Comfort Women by Japanese soldiers and requested for continuous cooperation.

Good idea of juveniles in Seoul, shining the Unified Korea Silicon Valley

Along with the proceedings of ‘Unified Korea Silicon Valley,’ Goyang-si, Goyang Knowledge Information Industry Institute (hereinafter referred to as Institute) successfully held the session for sharing the results of ‘Goyang-si innovative cluster connection plans’ where the graduate students at Seoul National University in the major of environment (hereinafter referred to as Graduate School of Environment in Seoul National University) at KINTEX in Goyang-si on the 22nd. Graduate school of environment of Seoul National University and the institute have signed on the contract for successful proceedings of Unified Korea Silicon Valley on March, and started the joint research with 90 graduate students in the major of environment at Seoul National University to proceed nine major current issues including new recyclable energy, business foundation by juveniles, and juvenile smart town. Major contents include construction of energy self-leading city by maximizing the use of new recyclable energy including solar energy, proposal of policies for activation of business foundation ecosystem of juveniles, support for venture companies in the use of major facilities in juvenile smart own and social innovative credits, plans for waterfront in the use of Hanryu Creek and Janghang Creek, and medi-cluster that received much attention from participants as various ideas in the perspective of juveniles have been suggested. ‘Unified Korea Silicon Valley’ project led by Goyang-si is to construct Islan Techno Valley, Juvenile smart town, broadcasting culture contents valley, and New Korean wave culture tour belt at the site of 8 million py near Ilsan KINTEX as a super large project to expect the investment of 6.7 trillion KRW and 250 thousand opportunities for employment. City is planning to expand this business to the entire area of Goyang-si making it grow as a hub of international business in preparation for unification and economic cooperation between South and North Korea.

Increasing trend of business foundation by juveniles at Smart Town in Goyang-si

Increasing trend of business foundation by juveniles at Smart Town in Goyang-si - Successfully held the brief session with pre-juvenile entrepreneurs on the 22nd Goyang-si is actively taking an action to promote the fourth industrial revolution through juvenile start-ups. Goyang-si has held the ‘meeting with juvenile pre-entrepreneurs’ for reinforcing the community and developing juvenile startups in Goyang-si where 50 visitors including the business foundation club at Hankuk Aviation University and Joongbu University, entrepreneurs in business center for business foundation by single-person, strategic research committee for startups in Goyang-si city council, Power Nex Corporation, and public servants in Goyang-si. This meeting was prepared to share the space and system for supporting the juvenile business foundation, education, employment, culture, and living environment in Goyang juvenile smart town and Unified Korea Goyang Silicon Valley as a part of research on plans for reinforcing the community and Goyang juvenile startup that has been proceeded since April. Especially, students in college business foundation club who participating in the meeting planned for reflecting their request in juvenile smart town after listening to opinions of them who will lead the future of the city have shared conversation about the reality of startups and difficulty in them along with the expectation of job opportunity in Juvenile smart town and Goyang Ilsan Techno Valley. Led by academic-industrial cooperation group at Joongbu University, this meeting provided an opportunity to share opinions in a free atmosphere talking about realistic difficulty felt while proceeding startup and solutions along with expectation of juveniles about the large scale development business in Unified Korea Goyang Silicon Valley. On the other hand, Goyang juvenile smart town is scheduled to be constructed as residential, culture, leisure, and employment integrated town added with juvenile venture town, juvenile Soho town, wireless IoT smart home including studio for cultural artists, and juvenile business foundation supporting smart city service.

First step to proceed Goyang Silicon Valley

Proceed Unified Korea Silicon Valley as a part of Goyang project Goyang-si is suggesting [Unified Korea Silicon Valley, Goyang Project] as a hub city to lead the upcoming fourth industrial revolution. Expected to be proceeded until 2023, this project is scheduled to be developed in each area including Goyang Ilsan Techno Valley, Goyang U+IoT integrated coplex, Daegok railway station sphere development business complex, automobile service complex, and Korean wave theme park. Ilsan Techno Valley for realizing self-leading city based on ICT, broadcasting culture contents valley to be a specialized complex for media industry in western/northern areas in Gyeonggi-do, and Daegok railway station sphere to be a hub of transportation in western/northern areas in Gyeonggi-do are all part of super large project in Korea to grow as an international business in preparation for unification and cooperation between South and north Korea. It is expected for them to create 2 hundred thousand opportunities of employment and new investment worth about 5 trillion KRW. [Click a photo to play the video]

Goyang-si leading the fourth industrial revolution

Goyang-si is becoming a hub for dreams of 1.05 million citizens to lead various businesses in the future in Goyang-si including juvenile smart town, Korean wave world theme park, and broadcasting culture contents valley by Goyang Ilsan Techno Valley and KINTEX. ‘Broadcasting culture contents valley’ for promoting food industry in the future as Korean wave ‘Broadcasting culture contents valley’ is scheduled to be established in the size of 7 hundred thousand m2 until 2022 expecting to be a hub of broadcasting, video, and culture industry in connection with self-leading facilities in Goyang juvenile smart town and broadcasting facilities including MBC, SBS, EBS, and Bitmaru. K-Culture valley led by private sectors through reformation Started to construct in Korean world site with 1.4 trillion KRW of investment, K-culture valley is scheduled to reform the business by private sector and normally proceed plans. Hub of trade in Asia, exhibition hall 3 in KINTEX With a goal of constructing the representative and large-scale exhibition hall in Asia, exhibition hall 3 of KINTEX is scheduled to be constructed by investing about 49.31 billion KRW as a total business expenses until 2021 next to KINTEX 1 and 2. This is scheduled to be built as the most advanced complex equipped with exhibition infrastructure in Korea to lead Korea as a hub of trade in Korea. IoT integrated complex establishing business It is anticipated to solve current issues in the city by providing the village convenience index, safe parking serviced, and life weather information through IoT.

Held the representative meeting from World Octa and exportation consultation

Representative economists in Korea are gathering in Goyang. Hold representative meeting from World Octa and exportation consultation ‘Actively proceed Unified Korea Silicon Valley’ AS the biggest economic group by Koreans living in foreign countries, World-OKTA has held the ‘19th world representative meeting and exportation consultation’ at Goyang KINTEX exhibition hall from April 26th to 29th. During the period of this event, Goyang-si took an active step for global business by operating the advertisement hall and holding the investment environment brief session for ‘Unified Korea Silicon Valley’ as a new driving force in the future for unified Korea on Korean economics in all over the world. Especially, Goyang-si has explained the blue print of Goyang-si as well as investment environment on the ‘Unified Korea Silicon Valley’ as a super big project in Korea including the Goyang Insan Techno Valley to lead the fourth industrial revolution in Korea and provided Korean economists an opportunity to make investment as a part of the plan for actively attracting investment and securing investors. ‘Unified Korea Silicon Valley’ is planning to connect businesses in various fields including MICE, broadcasting, video, and cutting edge medial industry at major bases in Goyang up to 2022 intending to lead the fourth industrial revolution. Especially, it is the super big project for the next 100 years of Korea by performing a role of bridge for economic cooperation between South and North Korea by combining geographical characteristics of Goyang-si. Unified Korea Silicon Valley in Goyang-si is a project for creating job opportunities for Korea in the future as an effort to prepare for the foundation for Korean people including the ones in foreign countries to work.

Enjoy ‘GGG’ at Goyang Cultural Tour Belt

Enjoy ‘GGG’ at Goyang Cultural Tour Belt Materialization of business for establishing Goyang New Korean Wave Culture Tour Belt – From the history of Goyang Kawaji rice seed With the vision of future for Unified Korea Silicon Valley, Goyang-si had a meeting for finalizing the business design of ‘Goyang New Korean Wave Culture Belt’ at city hall town meeting room on the 15th. ‘Goyang New Korean Wave Culture Tour Belt’ is expected to lay a cultural foundation for the super big project, ‘Unified Korea Silicon Valley’ business, in Goyang-si as a core assignment. The scope of business includes Ilsan Culture Park, Lafesta and Western Dom, Lake Park, and One Mount as Goyang Tour special district. Major contents include the establishment of history story of G-Welcome Center, creation of G-civil culture square for developing street culture activities including mobile stage vehicles and open studio at the main stage of Lake Park, Hanwool Plaza, and G-future policy village for commercializing the global contents at International Horticulture Goyang Korea, Goyang 600 year’s anniversary hall, and peaceful unification education exhibition hall.

Goyang-si holding juvenile dream job festival at KINTEX

– Job for youth! Issue of employment and career trend! - Goyang-si (major, Sung Choi) has revealed that they proceeded differentiated exhibition compared to other career exhibition in preparation for integrated job exhibition for combined service of seeking for the career path, experiencing job, and having interview by reflecting the demands of juveniles who prepared for the employment at ‘the 8th Juvenile Career Expo’ held on the 29th at KINTEX. They have organized six zones including the zone for field interview, official recruitment by large companies, job mentoring, employment supporter, Goyang-si employment, and sharing/healing so that those who looked for employment opportunity could setup a strategy for employment and design it. In the ‘field interview zone,’ people were able to understand the company ecosystem and have an opportunity to see personnel managers in enterprises of middle-standing, foreign invested companies, and outstanding small and medium companies. In the official recruitment by large companies zone, professional office workers in each field including marketing and sales provided people an opportunity to communicate with them and understand the work. In the employment supporter’s zone, people were able to satisfy curiosity about required documents, NCS, personality, and mock interview and have their weaknesses consulted and guided with various juvenile job opportunities. In ‘Goyang-si future employment opportunity searching zone,’ people were able to seek for future employment opportunities through the connection of career path, search for new jobs, special lecture about employment, and recruitment brief session as well as the experience of fourth industry from Unified Korea Silicon Valley. Lastly, in the ‘sharing/healing zone,’ people were able to experience major events or other supplementary events through an activity for self-discovery. Especially, ‘Goyang-si future employment opportunity searching zone’ provided predictable job opportunities in connection with large-scale development business that was proceeded by KINTEX in relation with Unified Korea Silicon Valley, introduced New Korean Wave, MICE, broadcasting, and automobile service complex industry as a specialized business in Goyang-si, and proceeded new industry and new career experience service in reputation of ‘Smart City Goyang.’ The department chair at the city employment department, Heungmin Lee, said, “We are analyzing the rapidly changing employment world and demands of employment from juveniles and preparing for the juvenile employment exhibition by reflecting various opinions.” He also added, “We wish for juveniles who prepare for employment to gain confidence about employment and expand their horizon of perspective.” <Photo> Resources provided by employment department (Director: Hyogyung Chang Tel: 8075-3364, Team leader, Jaewon Cho 8075-3661)

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