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Daegu/Gyeongbuk FEZ

Daegu/Gyeongbuk Free Economic Zone (39.5km2,~2020)

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Map - Daegu/Gyeongbuk Free Economic Zone
Nakkdong IT Valley
Gumi Digital Industrial Zone
Seongseo 5th Cutting-edge Industrial Zone
Geumhogang Knowledge-based Service Valley
Int. Fashion Design Zone
Int. Public Cultural Facilities Industrial Zone
Daegu Technopolis Zone
Gyeongsan College Zone
Daegu Innovative City Zone
Suseong Medical Zone
Yeongcheon Parts & Materials Valley
Yeongcheon Cutting-edge Parts Industrial Zone
Yeongcheon high-tech park zone
Pohang R&DB Valley
Pohang Fusion Technology Zone

DGFEZ (Deagu/Gyeongbuk Free Economic Zone)

Vision

Vision
FEZ serving as global center for knowledge creation
Basic Goal
  • - Center of knowledge-based industries in Northeast Asia
  • - Inland FEZ model
  • - Economic integration and mutual development of Daegu/Gyeongbuk region
Strategy
  • Specialization in knowledge-based industries
  • Development of network-type FEZ
  • Green and sustainable Development
  • - The knowledge FEZ will be nurtured into the center of knowledge-based industries in Northeast Asia by
      attracting foreign investment. The goal is to create an inland FEZ that is distinguished from a coastal FEZ.
  • - Realize economic integration and a network-type FEZ through joint efforts by Daegu and Gyeongsangbukdo
      to promote mutual prosperity.
  • - Develop a FEZ offering maximum autonomy that pursues green and sustainable development.

Development Plan

Build Daegu/Gyeongbuk FEZ into a zone for knowledge creation in step with the switch in global paradigm towards a knowledge-based economy

Foundation for knowledge-based industries :
Education, medical and R&D infrastructure
- About 50 universities and graduate schools, the second most after
  the Seoul metropolitan area
- Infrastructure and network for global education including attendance by
  foreign students
Cluster of knowledge-based manufacturing industries
and knowledge convergence
- Located at the heart of the major industrial cities of Gumi (electronics),
  Pohang (steel), Ulsan (automobiles) and Changwon (machinery) ;
  develop a knowledge convergence city (fusionpolis) providing education,
  medical care, culture and other knowledge-based services
International academic cluster linked to Daegu Innovation city
- Create an international academic cluster with links to public
  organizations for education and academics that relocate to Daegu
  Innovation City
Pleasant urban and living environment
- Pleasant living conditions with easy access to international education,
  green zones, medical care, arts and culture, and transportation
  (highway, high-speed railway, international airport)
"International city of Knowledge Industries" Project
  3-pronged strategy

- Foster cutting-edge, Knowledge-based industries and service industries
  as the growth engine
- Nurture Global talent and create R&D foundation
- Set up infrastructure to attract highly skilled professionals and spur
  knowledge creation and exchange