South Chungcheong Province also participates in the battle to attract a global AI hub... Prepare for the possibility of decentralized public offering
Quick Look
- South Chungcheong Province is taking on the challenge of attracting a global AI hub, and announced that it plans to simultaneously attract an integrated or demonstration function strategy depending on the government's location selection method.
- It is touting its manufacturing base and AI verification capabilities as its strengths.
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Why It Matters
In order to attract a global AI hub, South Chungcheong Province touts its manufacturing base and AI verification capabilities as its strengths, and is preparing a strategy to attract integrated or verification functions depending on the government's location selection method.
(Hongseong = Yonhap News) Reporter Kim Jun-beom = South Chungcheong Province will participate in a global artificial intelligence (AI) hub location contest scheduled for this month and seek to attract the hub.
According to South Chungcheong Province on the 11th, the province plans to pursue attracting a global AI hub, but vary its response strategy depending on the government's location selection method.
The idea is to group the secretariat and demonstration functions in one region and aim to attract the entire hub, but if distributed by function is possible, focus on attracting demonstration functions.
The province believes that, compared to Incheon and the metropolitan area, South Chungcheong Province may be at a relative disadvantage in the competition to attract the overall hub, as overseas accessibility is important due to the nature of the secretariat, which will be responsible for international cooperation and conference functions.
Accordingly, while pursuing the attraction of all hubs, we are also preparing a strategy to attract a demonstration platform that can utilize the strengths of South Chungcheong Province in preparation for the possibility that distributed deployment by function is permitted.
The province plans to analyze cases of distributed operation of headquarters and education and research functions, such as the World Health Organization (WHO) Global Bio Human Resources Training Hub and the United Nations University (UNU), and use it as a logic for attracting a verification platform to Chungcheongnam-do.
South Chungcheong also has a manufacturing and display industry base.
In Cheonan Industrial Complexes 2, 3, and 4, an AI conversion (AX) demonstration project is being promoted for display companies, and the Chungnam Manufacturing AI Innovation Center is also supporting manufacturing AI demonstrations such as manufacturing process optimization, quality control, and predictive maintenance.
The province plans to highlight this industrial base as a strength in attracting verification platforms.
Previously, South Chungcheong Governor Park Soo-hyun presented a major AI pledge during this year's local elections: 'Attracting the UN AI Hub to South Chungcheong Province', which is currently being promoted as a global AI hub.
The plan was to expand investment in global AI companies by attracting hubs, promote talent from Chungcheongnam-do to advance into international civil servants and AI experts, and foster industries that support international organization meetings.
Since then, the province has prepared a specific attraction strategy in line with the government's selection of a global AI hub location.
However, it is still unclear whether this global AI hub will actually be promoted by dividing the secretariat and verification functions.
The Ministry of Science and ICT will hold a public hearing at the Government Sejong Convention Center on the 14th to guide the criteria and procedures for selecting a global AI hub location and listen to opinions from local governments and others.
Afterwards, the site selection evaluation criteria and competition guidelines will be supplemented by reflecting the opinions from the public hearing, and then the candidate site competition will be announced within this month, and the final location will be confirmed through a process of evaluation and on-site inspection.
Currently, Incheon, Busan, Gwangju, Gyeongbuk, Jeju, and Goyang, Gyeonggi Province are competing to host a global AI hub.
South Chungcheong Province plans to confirm the government's location selection method at a public hearing and then specify a detailed attraction strategy according to the integrated or distributed type.
An official from South Chungcheong Province said, "We will respond in accordance with the government's location selection method, but will specify an attraction strategy based on the strengths of South Chungcheong's manufacturing base and AI verification capabilities."
What to Watch
AI outlook — possibilities, not facts
After a public hearing at the Ministry of Science and ICT, the criteria for site selection will be confirmed and a public offering for candidate sites will be announced within this month.
Very likely · Within weeks
Based on the results of the public hearing, South Chungcheong Province will specify a detailed attraction strategy tailored to integrated or distributed location methods.
Likely · Within weeks
Open Questions
- Whether the government will select a global AI hub with separate secretariat and demonstration functions
- How will South Chungcheong Province’s attraction strategy affect the actual location selection?
- What is the relative advantage of South Chungcheong Province in competition with other local governments?
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