President Lee Jae-myung on the 28th will invite foreign-invested corporations that are investing in Korea to the Blue House for a roundtable. Following the achievement of the campaign pledge of "KOSPI 5000" and the KOSDAQ index surpassing 1,000 points, the event is to present government-level support measures and to ask for larger-scale investment.
The roundtable will be held under the theme "Investment of the world, leap of youth, growth of regions." Foreign-invested corporations refer to corporations in which foreign investors have invested at or above a certain ratio or amount under the Foreign Investment Promotion Act. In attendance will be James Kim, chair of the American Chamber of Commerce in Korea, and Bart Hoof, chair of the European Chamber of Commerce in Korea, the heads of seven foreign chambers in Korea, and representatives of 31 foreign-invested corporations.
From the Blue House, the policy chief, senior secretary for economic growth, senior secretary for AI future, and senior secretary for social affairs will attend, and from the government, the Ministers of the Ministry of Economy and Finance, Ministry of Science and ICT, Ministry of Climate, Environment and Energy, and Ministry of Employment and Labor (MOEL), the Minister of the Office for Government Policy Coordination, and the head of the Office of the Minister for Trade will attend.
According to Spokesperson Kang Yu-jung of the Blue House, Yeo Han-koo, head of the Office of the Minister for Trade, will release the government joint "Policy direction to support foreign investment centered on youth leap and regional growth" at the roundtable. Then Kim Woo-gyu, head of Merck Korea, will present "Cases of local investment by foreign-invested corporations," after which participants will propose policies to expand local investment and youth employment and hold a discussion with President Lee.
The policy direction prepared by the government to support foreign investment will include items such as: ▲ selecting 30 foreign-invested projects and attracting key corporations with customized support packages ▲ strengthening incentives for local investment ▲ fostering youth talent tailored to foreign-invested corporations ▲ measures to resolve difficulties for foreign-invested corporations and improve living conditions, Spokesperson Kang said.