North Gyeongsang Province will move to expand an investment-attraction network that consolidates domestic and overseas corporations and investment institutions, centered on the secondary battery and future automobile industries.
North Gyeongsang Province will host the 2026 future strategy industry innovation investment forum from Aug. 31 to Sept. 1 at the Ambassador Seoul Pullman hotel and across Pohang and Gyeongju.
This event is the first main event of the Post-APEC North Gyeongsang Province Investment Forum, designed to carry last year's APEC summit achievements forward into regional investment attraction, with about 100 participants including domestic and overseas corporations and investment institutions, industry experts, and local government officials.
At the forum on the first day, Aug. 31, the province will sign separate MOUs with the World Class Corporations Association and China's Tiantai Law Firm. Through this, it plans to support investment in North Gyeongsang and business expansion by member corporations of the World Class Corporations Association, and to expand the discovery of investments in the province by Chinese corporations and support for mutual investment and global expansion between Korean and Chinese corporations.
An industry vision forum will follow under the theme "Reorganization of the secondary battery and future car supply chain and North Gyeongsang's investment opportunities." Jung Yeon-seung, dean of Dankook University Graduate School of Business, will serve as moderator, and industry and investment experts including LB Investment, POSCO Venture Capital, PROTEC Ventures, Shanghai Metals Market (SMM), and Yonsei University will discuss supply chain changes and investment strategies.
The day will also share real investment cases by major corporations. POSCO FUTURE M will present its investment case in the secondary battery value chain in Pohang, and Ilji Tech will present its investment and reinvestment cases in an auto parts plant in Gyeongju, introducing their investment decisions and experiences settling in the region.
In addition, North Gyeongsang Province, Pohang City, and Gyeongju City will introduce industrial complexes, available sites, and infrastructure such as power and water, as well as corporate support systems, and will also hold investment presentations (IR) by promising North Gyeongsang corporations including AN Poly, Ampere Materials, 2DM, and Baegun High Tech. In the afternoon, tailored one-on-one investment and business consultations between corporations and investors will continue.
On the second day of the event, Sept. 1, participants will tour industrial sites in Pohang and Gyeongju. In Pohang, they will visit the specialized complex for the secondary battery national advanced strategic industry and POSCO FUTURE M; in Gyeongju, they will visit the Myeonggye 3 General Industrial Complex and auto parts corporation Shinhwa SMG, and will check investment conditions on-site through a local government roundtable.
A North Gyeongsang Province official said, "This forum is not just about promoting North Gyeongsang's investment environment, but about directly consolidating domestic and overseas corporations and investors so it leads to tangible investments," adding, "Starting with secondary batteries and future automobiles, we will continue to create new investment opportunities centered on North Gyeongsang's future industries."
Meanwhile, following this forum, North Gyeongsang Province plans to hold follow-up investment forums on Oct. 7–8 on machinery parts and defense, and bio and food, and on Oct. 29–30 on semiconductors and drones and future automobiles.