Hwaseong Chamber of Commerce Leading the Way to Create a City Good for Business

Full-scale promotion of chamber building construction
Operating Hwaseong Biz website
Accelerating export support projects

Hwaseong Chamber of Commerce has announced its New Year plan to "Create Hwaseong City as a Place Good for Business" as it marks the 20th anniversary of its founding in the Year of the Snake.

According to the Hwaseong Chamber of Commerce (hereinafter referred to as the Chamber) on the 4th, the plan announced by the Chamber includes the operation of Hwaseong Biz, export support projects, and the implementation of various job training programs to improve the management conditions of Hwaseong enterprises this year.

The Chamber has decided to push forward with full-scale construction of a chamber building that will become the main hall for approximately 12,000 Hwaseong enterprises.

The chamber building will be constructed on a site of 5,854 square meters with one basement level and four above-ground floors, with completion targeted for April 2012.

The chamber building will house a large-scale convention facility capable of hosting major events, educational spaces for member company executives and employees, and business support institutions to provide close support to enterprises.

Additionally, the Chamber plans to operate the Hwaseong Biz website (www.hsbiz.org) so that enterprises can access business-related information and services anytime and anywhere.

Through Hwaseong Biz, enterprise information, product information, and business-related information will be provided online, serving as a proxy for small and medium enterprises' promotional functions.

In particular, the Chamber plans to provide credit information inquiry services for overseas companies for export enterprises, which will greatly benefit small and medium enterprises in their overseas market expansion.

The Chamber is also accelerating export support projects.

For export-oriented small and medium enterprises in the region, the Chamber will conduct domestic enterprise export promotion projects including support for foreign language promotional materials production, overseas buyer invitation consultation meetings, Internet overseas marketing support, overseas promotional expense support, and trade assistant support. The Chamber will also support companies' successful overseas market development through overseas market research and overseas trade show support.

In addition, the Chamber will provide job training for small and medium enterprise workers on more than 40 occasions per year on topics such as taxation and accounting, human resources and labor affairs, and various small and medium enterprise support policies. The Chamber will also hold "Hwaseong Core Leader Training" twice a year, targeting key leaders of small and medium enterprises in line with rapidly changing business environment trends.

Lee Yong-in, Chairman of the Chamber, said, "As Hwaseong Chamber of Commerce marks its 20th anniversary, we will work with member companies and put our heads together to successfully implement all plans, making this year the first year of new development."