Suwon Gwanggyo Techno Valley Reborn as K-Bio Valley...Gyeonggi Province Accelerates Collaboration System

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Park No-hun] Gyeonggi Province is in full swing constructing the K-Bio Valley centered on Suwon Gwanggyo Techno Valley.

As part of these efforts, the province is linking major biocluster project cities and counties across the province with Gwanggyo Techno Valley, establishing a collaboration system among cities and counties and among industry, academia, research, and medical experts.

The province held the 3rd meeting of the Gyeonggi Province-City/County Bio Innovation Task Force (TF) at Seoul National University Siheung Campus on the 30th of last month.

Attending the meeting were field experts including Son Ji-ho, director of the Korean Bio Association; Ahn Jae-ho, center director of Gangwon Techno Park; Kim Kyu-hong, director of Seoul National University Siheung Campus; Lee Gyu-ok, team leader of Dongguk University Ilsan Hospital; and Go Hui-jin, CEO of medical biotech startup RecepTech.

The Gyeonggi Province Economic Science Promotion Agency, a provincial subsidiary, and nine cities and counties including Siheung, Gimpo, Goyang, Paju, Seongnam, Hwaseong, Namyangju, Hanam, and Yeoncheon that are either pursuing bio business or planning and executing biocluster development also participated.

Gyeonggi Province plans to strengthen the K-Bio Valley innovation ecosystem by linking research capabilities (equipment, manpower) centered on Suwon Gwanggyo Techno Valley with each city and county pursuing biocluster development, including Siheung, Gimpo, Goyang, Paju, Seongnam, and Hwaseong.

Through this, the province will strive to foster locally specialized bio policies and promote corporate growth through inter-cluster linkages and cooperation, while working to realize healthy lives for Gyeonggi Province residents.

During the meeting, Ahn Jae-ho, director of Gangwon Techno Park's Convergence Innovation Center, presented cases of Gangwon Province's bioindustry promotion, providing an opportunity to reflect on Gyeonggi Province's policy direction and implementation status of core projects.

Additionally, Kim Jung-hwan, research support team leader of Gyeonggi Province's Science and Technology Division, presented on Gyeonggi Province's K-Bio Valley development strategy, followed by each city and county sharing their key business initiatives and implementation directions, and discussing recommendations.

Choi Hye-min, head of Gyeonggi Province's Science and Technology Division, stated: "The bioindustry is a national policy task of the current administration and a Gyeonggi Province pledge project, and Gyeonggi Province intends to construct a K-Bio Valley linking regional bioclusters," and added, "Through regular Gyeonggi Province-City/County Bio Innovation Task Force (TF) meetings, we will activate the bioindustry innovation ecosystem of Gyeonggi Province, and will cultivate Gwanggyo Techno Valley as a research industry promotion zone and develop it into a bioindustry hub."

Meanwhile, the Gyeonggi Province-City/County Bio Innovation Task Force (TF) began its first meeting on July 20 and is being operated through establishing a collaboration system for Gyeonggi Province bioindustry promotion to share bioindustry development policy directions among institutions, discover joint province-city/county projects, and jointly respond to major government public offerings.