GWANGJU < invest Korea

(GWANGJU=Yonhap News) Gwangju announced that Vice President Krishna Prasad Adhikari of the Confederation of Nepalese Industries (CNI) and 10 other Nepalese business persons arrived at the city on April 20 for a two-day visit.


Mayor Yoon Jang-hyeon at the Gwangju Health Clinic opening ceremony in Nepal last February (Yonhap)

The Nepali business delegation is scheduled to tour the city's main industrial facilities, and engage in in-depth discussions on how to foster economic exchange and cooperation.

Gwangju Mayor Yoon Jang-hyeon had invited the entrepreneurs last February, when he was visiting Nepal to participate in the opening ceremony of the Gwangju Health Clinic.

The delegation had previously expressed their intent to set Gwangju as a key hub for economic cooperation between Nepali business with great potential and promise and Korea.

On the first day of their visit, the delegation members. active in various Nepali industries (livestock, furniture, tourism, agriculture, etc.), toured the Environment-friendly Research Institute at Chonnam National University, the Kimdaejung Convention Center, the local Kia Motors factory, and the Agro-technology Center.

On the following day, they plan to visit the Mining Industry Promotion Association, the Nano Bio Research Center, the National Asia Culture Center, and the Metropolitan Hygiene Landfill.

During the meeting with the Gwangju Chamber of Commerce & Industry, discussions will take place on how to build an organic cooperation network between the two countries.

nicepen@yna.co.kr

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Source: Yonhap News (Apr. 20, 2017)