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Successful Partner 15 CONTENTS Vision of 04. Successful Investment Conditions Gangwon 06. Geographical Information of Gangwon-do (MAP) 1 Province Chuncheon Bloc 08. East Chuncheon’s General Industry Complex 09. South Chuncheon’s General Industry Complex 2 10. Chuncheon Bio-Industry Cluster 11. Chuncheon High-tech City’s Cultural Industry Complex bright future with your Wonju Bloc 12. Wonju Munmak Bangye’s General Industry Complex 13. Wonju Munmak Bangye Foreign Investment Complex 3 14. Wonju Enterprise City SUCCESSFUL PARTNER 15. Wonju Tourism and Leisure Donghae · 16. Donghae Free Trade Zone Gangneung Bloc 18. Gangneung Science & Industry Complex 4 19. International Hwajinpo RESOM Resort 20. Jumunjin Beach 21. Donghae Hansom Amusement Park EFEZ 22. Donghae Bukpyeong ICI(International Complex Industry) Zone The Eastern 23. Donghae Four seasons Luxury goods Marine Composite tourist 5 Coast Bloc Free 24. Gangneung Okgye Industrial Complex for high-tech materials Economic Zone 25. Gangneung Global Settlement · Education · Culture Area Alpensia Resort 26. Alpensia Resort Investment Immigration Program Gangwon Province promises success Investment 6 Immigration Gangwon Province is a clean and beautiful place emerging as an economic center in the Northeast Asia, where Program human and nature co-exist. Core infrastructure such as systematic expressways, railroads and ports perfectly connect Gangwon Province with Seoul metropolitan regions and the whole nation. It is an optimum place for investments equipped with industry-academic cooperation and the massive 2018Pyeongchang 28. Tourism industry project in 2018 Pyeongchang Chinese·Russian·Japanese market at the background. Winter Olympics Winter Olympics Special Zone 7 Special Zone 29. Green Business·Ocean Resort Zone The best business conditions, start at Gangwon Province. The best service with a volunteering spirit will meet the everlasting neighbors. With various incentives, Gangwon Province will become your solid partner. Tax Reduction 30. Tax Reduction and Investment Incentives and Investment Realize your big dreams in Gangwon. 8 Incentives Successful Investment Conditions Gangwon Province supports invested firms with the perfect infrastructures. The optimum investment environment Ideal business infrastructure Providing a perfect service for corporate and businessmen who wish to transfer corporate and newly invest! Gangwon province is not only equipped with convenient residential environment such as various finances, In Gangwon province, corporate is the first priority. education, leisure, shopping cultural facilities and so on, but is also equipped with optimal business environ- ment including sufficient human resources and perfect social infrastructural facilities. Convenient Rapid increase Excellent Human Various Industrial transportation Attractive land Clean and Natural of investment infrastructure site price Environment popularity Resources Complexes Provides site Convenient transportation Clean life environment • From domestic and • 21 universities • 1 National Industrial Complexes network that connects to with 1/10th standard of overseas investments metropolitan regions. that meets the standard • 31 university affiliated • 33 Provincial Industrial Complexes metropolitan regions of developed nations. recently research facilities • 42 Agriculture-industrial Complexes within 40 minutes (Within 100,000 • The best incentives • 117 high schools distance. Won per 1m²) nationwide • 163 middle schools Systematic high-speed transportation network Pleasant Leisure Accommodation Facilities Core infrastructure such as expressways, railroads and ports perfectly connect the metropolitan regions and Environments of International Standards the nation, and prides in outstanding accessibility that connects to major cities in Northeast Asia within • 52 golf courses • 47 hotels • 9 ski resorts • 61 condominiums 2 hours distance by plane. • 94 beaches • 6 hot springs • 2 casinos Expanding and extending expressways • Construction of Dongseo Expressway (Seoul-Yangyang) : Seoul-East Hongcheon line has been completed, East Hongcheon-Yangyang line will be opened in 2016. • Construction of Second Yeongdong Expressway (Gyeonggi Gwangju-Wonju) : will be opened in 2016. • Construction of Donghae Expressway (Samcheok-Sokcho) : will be opened in 2015. Synergy effect of distinguished corporate who have already invested Expansion of the railroad network • Top ranking domestic and foreign manufacturing companies have created a successful business foundation. • With a One-stop service, from administrative support to fostering human resources, investments can be made • Dongseo High-speed Railway (Chuncheon-Sokcho) will be constructed. conveniently, assisting you actively to realize the future of the corporate. • Gyeongchun Line (Seoul-Chuncheon) Double Track Subway : high speed subway train (ITX Youth) started to run in 2012. • Joongang Line (Deokso-Wonju) Double Track Subway was opened. • Wonju-Gangneung Line Double Track Subway will be opened in 2017. • Donghae Joongbu Line (Pohang-Samcheok) : will be opened in 2019 (part of the line was opened) Chuncheon • Construction of the suburban railway in the capital area (Seoul Sinchon-Yeoncheon Sintan-ri-Cheorwon Daema-ri) : was opened. bloc Expanding and extending national highway • National roads No.5 (Wonju-Cheorwon) • National roads No.7 (Samcheok- Goseong) • National roads No.31 (Yeongwol-Yanggu) • National roads No.38 (Jecheon-Donghae) ,etc. 12 lines. Wonju bloc Flight CU Medical Systems,lnc • Operational planning of Yangyang International Airport 2015 • International flight : 27 lines (to China 24, Russia 2, Thailand 1) Donghae· ※China : Shanghai, Chongqing, Tianjin, etc. ※Russia : Vladivostok, Khabarovsk Gangneung Dongbu Metal • Domestic flight : 4 lines (Jeju, Incheon, Gimhae, Gwangju) bloc ※Foreign tourists who transfer at Yangyang International Airport are allowed to enter without visas for 120 hours. Sea routes Gangwon Deep Others Eurus Energy Korea • Building up Tourism·Distribution Network (sea routes) Sea Water - DBS Cruise Ferry sea route : Donghae·Mukho Port~Japan Sakaiminato, Russia Vladivostok - Sokcho~Zarubino(Russia)·Hunchun(China) sea route : Sokcho~Zarubino·Hunchun, Zarubino~Russia Vladivostok • Plan for the opening of new sea routes - Donghae·Mukho Port : Donghae~Japan Tsurugashima, - Sokcho port : Sokcho~Japan Kitakyushu 4 SUCCESSfromGANGWON GANGWON PROVINCE 5 The Circum-East Sea Bloc Aerial·Navigational chart Novosibirsk Ulan-Ude Flight Sea route Geographical Information of EUROPE TSR (Moscow~Vostochny 9,292km) Harbin Gangwon-do Kazakhstan Mongolia RUSSIAKhabarovsk Changchun Jilin Ishikariwan-shin Yanji Vladivostok Nakhodka Hokkaido Hunchun Vostochny Gangwon Province is • Feature Zarubino Tomakomai - The host of 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics CHINA • Area : 16,873km² (16.8 percent of the country) Najin - The Eastern Coast Bloc was designated as a Free Economic Zone. Baekdusan • Population : 1.55 million - Adjacent to 25 million capital area. (3.2 percent of the country) - 1.08 million foreign visitors (As of 2012) Geumho Port Akita • Administrative district : 18 cities and counties - 10.18 million domestic tourism participants (As of 2012) (7 cities, 11 counties) Dalian Geumgangsan Sokcho Seoul Yangyang Niigata Incheon Donghae Fushiki-Toyama KOREA JAPAN Tokyo International Hwajinpo RESOM Resort Yonago Donghae Bukbu Line’s Tsurugashima railroad construction Pohang Sakaiminato Goseong Hamada DMZ Busan Shimonoseki Kitakyushu Sokcho Port’s Shanghai International Ferry Terminal Wuhan Sokcho Changsha Cheolwon Hwacheon Yanggu J ung ang Exp Inje re Yangyang ss Donghae Expressway Shantou wa Shenzhen Gangwon Province, the Center for y E xt e n s The Circum-East Sea Bloc Distribution and io Yangyang Macao n International northern trading Economy Airport Donghae Chuncheon High-tech City’s Chuncheon Jumunjin Beach • Yangyang International Airport China 24 cities, Russia 2 cities Cultural Industry Complex Bio-Industry Cluster ❶ China : Shanghai, Macao, Shenzhen, Wuhan, Changsha, Shantou, etc. Chuncheon ❷ Russia : Vladivostok, Khabarovsk East Chuncheon’s Dongseo Expressway Green Business Marine Gangneung Science & Recreation Area Metropolitan Railway Extension South Chuncheon’s General Industry Complex Industry Complex Gangneung • DBS Sea Route General Industry Complex Hongcheon ❶ Donghae ↔ Vladivostok (once a week) : distance 580 km, Gangneung Global Settlement· Donghae Hansom 20 hours are required Education·Culture Area (EFEZ) Amusement Park ❷ Donghae ↔ Sakaiminato (once a week) : distance 386 km, ITX Cheongchun Train Gangneung Okgye Industrial Complex 15 hours are required Ju for high-tech materials (EFEZ) Gyeongchun Line Double Track Train ng an Alpensia g • NBO Sea Route : Seoul Seoul Chuncheon Expressway E Donghae Port’s x Donghae Four seasons Luxury goods p International r e Marine Composite tourist (EFEZ) Ferry Terminal Sokcho·Zarubino(Hunchun) · Baekdusan Sea Route s Gimpo International Airport Jungang Line Double Track Train s Yeongdong Expressway w Donghae ❶ Sokcho ↔ Zarubino (once a week) : distance 508 km, a Yongsan y Hoengseong Hoengseong Wucheon’s Donghae Bukpyeong Donghae 16 hours are required New Yeongdong Expressway 2 New Establishment of General Industry Complex Wonju-Gangneung Railway ICI Zone (EFEZ) Free Trade Zone Incheon International Airport Wonju International Airport Pyeongchang Samcheok Wonju Tourism and Leisure Wonju Enterprise City Jungseon Wonju Donghae Jungbu Railway Construction Wonju Munmak Bangye Wonju Munmak Bangye’s Foreign Investment
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