SEOUL, South Korea, May 13
/PRNewswire-Asia/—The Seoul Metropolitan Government has recently
announced a set of plans to support the Group of 20 (G-20) Summit
scheduled for November in the city and launched, in full scale,
preparations for the meeting.
To host the Summit is an epoch-making event in Korea’s
diplomatic history. As chair nation of the group of major economies
in the world, Korea will not only set agenda for the meeting but
also lead the members in finding solutions to the current global
financial crisis.
To make the summit a success, the city government will place an
emphasis on providing “comfortable lodging,” “convenient
transportation” and “perfect security” to visitors. The city
estimates about 4,000 of the 10,000-15,000 expected visitors would
take short sightseeing tours of Seoul during and around the summit
period.
The city government, in particular, will publicize the merits of
Seoul as a convention city to visiting delegates and journalists.
It wants to make use of the summit meeting in increasing foreign
investment in the city.
The city will also fully utilize the “G-20 Business Summit” in
inducing foreign investment. The G-20 Business Summit will take
place in Seoul on the sideline of the G-20 Summit, with chief
executives of the top 20 business firms of the G-20 member nations,
attending.
For the convenience of visitors, the metropolitan government
will operate electric buses, and build ICT
stations and mobile RFID (radio frequency
identification) guide systems in the Gangnam area, the venue of the
summit talks. Through such activities as riding electric motor
vehicles and visiting DMC (Digital Media
City), foreigners are expected to experience Seoul, a city where
advanced information technology and green technology exist in
harmony.
Meanwhile, leaders of the G-20 member countries agreed on
regularization of their meeting while they met in Pittsburgh, the
United States, in September last year and decided Seoul as venue
for the first regular meeting. The G-20 has been developing into a
premier forum for international economic cooperation since it was
upgraded from a meeting of finance ministers and central bank
governors to a summit. The group has delivered a number of
significant and concrete outcomes in international coordination in
financial policies and regulations. In particular, the group has
played the role of a major international forum on world
economy.
Inquiries:
Seoul Metropolitan Government
+82-2-727-0073
[email protected]
SOURCE Seoul Metropolitan Government