July 2021, this is the summer view of the IFEZ Cheongna International City. If you download the attached file, you can see a high resolution picture.

July 2021 is a famous summer vacation spot in the IFEZ Development Zone (Youngjong International City). If you download the attached file, you can see a high resolution picture.

On June 23, 2021, IFEZ visited the site of the unopened underground road of Haechannarae, Yeongjong Sky City in Yeongjong Sky City. Since the opening of Haneuldaero, which penetrates Yeongjong Sky City in 2014, no point-in-time (3rd Interchange Bridge~ Haechan Narae Underground Road, L=2km) has been opened for seven years. Until now, due to the increase in the number of residents living in Haneul City, Haechannarae Underground Road has increased traffic volume during commuting, and residents have requested to resolve traffic congestion by penetrating the unopened section. Lee Won-jae, head of IFEZ, said, "We need to solve the residents' needs through active administrative treatment," and successfully discussed between related agencies to open a 480-meter-long, 8m-wide, second-lane road and resolve traffic inconveniences.

IFEZ held 'Meeting of Major Companies in Songdo International City Bio Cluster' on Monday, June 21, 2021. The meeting was attended by the Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy, the Mayor of Incheon Metropolitan City, the Vice Chairman of the Korea Bio Association, and officials from companies operating in the bio-cluster in Songdo International City. After hearing the difficulties of companies operating in the Songdo International City Bio Cluster, we discussed the direction of the bio industry in the future.

On June 16, 2021 (Wednesday), IFEZ and Qingdao Free Trade Zone signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) based on exchanges and cooperation in bio-medicine. The agreement was signed after the Qingdao Free Trade Zone Management Committee requested the Incheon Free Trade Zone Authority to sign the "Open Cooperation and Project Promotion Conference in Qingdao, China" jointly hosted by China's Qingdao Free Trade Zone and Shandong Province's Commerce Office. The main contents of the agreement are △enhancing exchanges and cooperation in bio-medicine, port and air logistics, high-tech and manufacturing, financial services, tourism and cultural industries △Global e-commerce, logistics centers for logistics transfer, RFS, and cooperation networks.

On Thursday, June 10, 2021, IFEZ held a "Incheon Free Economic Zone (IFEZ) Logistics, Robotics, and Artificial Intelligence (AI) Meeting" to create an innovative ecosystem at the Incheon Robot Land Robot Tower in Cheongna International City. The meeting introduced Incheon's Robot Industry Promotion Policy Direction, centered on logistics robots, and Seo Joon-ho, head of the Korea Robot Industry Association, presented the theme of "Trend of Domestic and Foreign Logistics Robot Industry."

On June 9, 2021 (Wednesday), IFEZ held the "2021 IFEZ Korean Speaking Contest" for foreigners living in Incheon Metropolitan City. This speech competition was the first to be hosted by IFEZ, and was held to provide a place for foreigners living in Incheon to sympathize with the excellence of Korean language and culture and show off their Korean skills. Thirty-six foreigners from 19 countries participated, and 12 who passed the preliminary round in May advanced to the finals. The finalists chose between "IFEZ I experienced, Incheon I experienced" and "free topic" and announced for five minutes each.

On Thursday, June 3, 2021, Stanford University opened the Stanford Center at the Incheon Global Campus (SCIGC). SCIGC, where about 10 smart city masters and PhDs reside, will conduct interdisciplinary research for the efficient application of smart city technology in the future with the goal of environmental and social sustainability of smart city. Specifically, ▲ Smart Financing Project for Smart City ▲ Sustainable Urban System Project ▲ Sustainable Urban Development and Competitive Project ▲ Smart City Entrepreneurship Project will be studied.

On Thursday, June 3, 2021, IFEZ held the first technical seminar on IFEZ Tech Platform (Council) at the Incheon Industrial-Academic Convergence Center located in Songdo International City. The seminar was co-hosted by the Incheon Institute of Industrial Convergence, Inha University, and New York State University Korea, and 25 companies, including Pablo Airlines and Daedong Door, in the future mobility sector, decided to build a technology platform to build IFEZ's innovative growth ecosystem.

On May 24, 2021 (Monday), IFEZ signed a "business agreement" with the Korea Institute of Industrial Technology (KIAT) to promote innovation in regulations on free economic zones with seven free economic zones in Korea. The main contents of this agreement are △ Free Economic Zone Authority, which cooperates to check whether local governments have regulations, ease regulations, and strengthen support for demonstrative companies. △ Regulatory sandboxes (exempts and suspends existing regulations for a certain period of time when new products or services are released). In other words, if new technologies and services do not impede the lives and safety of the people, they will be able to demonstrate (exemplify) or market (temporary permit) despite existing laws or regulations. KIAT, a dedicated organization, will work with the Korea Economic Administration to revitalize regulatory innovation by finding demand for regulatory innovation in free economic zones and supporting regulatory sandbox applications for regulatory innovation demand companies.