Gwangju, role of administrative Cities
and Science Cities
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Key Industries
Smart home appliance solutions, Photonics convergence, Smart molding solutions, Digital biomedical technology
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Population
1,450,062 -
Number of Companies
123,631 -
Employees
631,134 -
Amount of Production
33.8 *unit: one billion dollars
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Gwangju Free Economic Zone (GJFEZ)
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Innovating for Economic Growth in the Fourth Industrial Revolution, Gwangju
South Gyeongsang Province has a massive consumer market of 15 million people with its advantage of being adjacent to the Southeastern industrial cluster, Busan Metropolitan City, Gwangyang-Jinju metropolitan area and Daegu-Pohang metropolitan area. Also, the province is well-known for its largest industrial complex for transportation equipment and cutting-edge defense industry with the well-established R&D infrastructure including national research institutes, universities and corporate research institutes.