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Gwangju City News Reprinted with permission from Gwangju Metropolitan City Hall Photographs courtesy of Gwangju Metropolitan City Hall
wangju Metropolitan City is making a bold move to become an artificial intelligence hub. Last month, Mayor Lee Yong Sup visited Lee Kyoung-jun, professor at Kyung Hee University, and discussed ways to advance the Gwangju-tailored artificial intelligence business model. Professor Lee is the nation’s top artificial intelligence and big-data authority and has served as director of the International Center for Electronic Commerce (ICEC) and suggested how to build an artificial intelligence-based platform model for Gwangju. Mayor Lee also met with Yoon Jong-ki, chairman of the Korea Road Traffic Authority (KoROAD), and decided to work for the construction of a high-tech convergence vehicle license test site based on artificial intelligence in Gwangju. Currently, of the 17 metropolitan governments nationwide, only Gwangju does not have this type of test center. Mayor Lee also discussed ways to build a demo complex for future mobility, including automobiles and drones. Through the meeting, City Hall and KoROAD decided to cooperate to maximize the synergy between
the future mobility multi-test complex and the artificial intelligence infrastructure being built by Gwangju City. Gwangju City’s active move is intended to focus on fostering artificial intelligence-oriented future industries in the recently designated Gwangju Free Economic Zone in an attempt to secure growth engines through related experts. Meanwhile, since the declaration of its vision for an “AI Hub City” in January, Gwangju City has been stepping up efforts to create an artificial intelligence ecosystem by signing investment agreements with 13 companies so far this year through active corporate attraction and drawing actual investment from seven of them. Mayor Lee said, “Despite the crisis caused by COVID-19, we are not slowing down the pace in fostering new future industries in preparation for the post-corona period,” and adding, “We are meeting AI experts in various fields to enhance the completion of the Gwangju-tailored AI business model so that Gwangju can become an artificial intelligence hub.”
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July 2020
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