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Best Investment Environment: One hour to the capital and two hours to anywhere in Korea
An expressway network in all directions
- Four expressways that run North and South ▶ Gyeongbu, Jungbu, Central inland and Jungang Expressway
- Three expressways that run East and West ▶ Pyeongtaek ~ Jecheon, Dangjin ~ Yeongdeok, Dangjin ~ Uljin Expressway
Expressways that run crosswise
- Osong station: The only station where Gyeongbu High Speed Railway and Honam High Speed Railway meet
Connects all parts of Korea with Chungbuk, Jungang, and Taebaek Line - Central Inland line (Icheon ~ Chungju ~ Mungyeong), Cheonan and Cheongju (International airport) under construction
- Double track railway between Wonju ~ Jecheon (Cetnral line) under construction
Cheongju International Airport, a hub in central region of Korea
- Traffic: 3.15 million passengers, 38,000 ton cargo, 140,000 flights
- Flights: International flights to 39 cities including Beijing and Shanghai
- Distance from Osong Station to Cheongju International Airport: 10 minutes (21km)
- Increased demand for international flights ; Booming global town including Osong Bio-Medical Complex, KTX(High-Speed Train)Railroad Station-influenced Area and Sejong Metropolitan Autonomous City
- Easy access to Incheon International Airport (Travel time: 90 minutes)
Excellent Industrial Infrastructure
Designation of the Chungbuk Free Economic Zone (February 4, 2013)
- BioValley (Chungwon Osong) 4.41㎢, Aeropolis (near Cheongju International Airport) 0.47㎢, Ecopolis (Chungju) 4.20㎢
Supply of outstanding talents
- Human Resource Development: Established Chungbuk Human Resource Development Foundation (KRW 100 billion)
- High-quality workforce: 71,000 graduates from 31 universities and graduate schools
- Skilled manpower: 17,000 workers from 25 special purposed high schools
- Customized talent-nurturing catered to needs of businesses
- Facilitated industry-academia-research-government network
Plentiful industrial water and electricity from Chungju dam and Daecheong Dam
- Bountiful supply of industrial water (50.29 billion㎥)
- Stable supply of industrial electricity (1.094billion Kwh)
Advanced industrial and R&D infrastructure
- Osong Bio-Medical Complex and six health-related government agencies
- Advanced industry cluster focused on Osong and Ochang (Ochang campus of the Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Chungbuk Technopark, Ochang campus of the Korea Basic Science Institute)
Business-Friendly Environment
Environment where businessmen are respected
Consultation sessions between the province governor and businessmen, day of businessmen, priority passport issuance service for businessmenCenter to solve businesses’ grievances
- Day of consulting by experts in law, accounting and taxation: Once a month
- Ombudsman system to solve businesses' greivances
- Business consultations and one-stop service
- Visiting consultation sessions to solve businesses’ grievances