AI NewsWaveGyeonggi Province Steps Up Bid for Government's Global AI Hub
Key points
- Gyeonggi holds forum on strategy to attract the Global AI Hub
- Cooperation system linking 31 cities and counties, companies and research institutes
- Busan and the Goyang city council also move to bid
Gyeonggi Province has begun a full-scale bid to host the "Global AI Hub" that the government is pushing to build in Korea. Techworld News and Betanews reported the news. Both outlets wrote that Gyeonggi is fleshing out its bid strategy ahead of the government's open call for candidate sites and site selection.
Techworld News reported that Gyeonggi has set up a cooperation system connecting its 31 cities and counties with companies, public institutions and research institutes, and plans to respond to the government's call for candidate sites on that basis. Betanews wrote that Gyeonggi is fleshing out a bid strategy that links the province's industries, research institutes and cities and counties in preparation for the government's site selection for the Global AI Hub.
The two outlets also gave the same venue and date for the event. Gyeonggi held a forum on its Global AI Hub bid strategy on Oct. 30 at G-Fair Korea 2026 at KINTEX in Goyang. According to Betanews, Gyeonggi announced this on the 1st. Techworld News' headline highlighted building a cooperation system among the 31 cities and counties, while Betanews' headline stressed that the forum discussed a plan involving the 31 cities and counties and companies. Both summaries are cut off before the list of forum attendees, so this article does not cover it.
Recent developments Other local governments and councils are also moving to attract the same hub. According to Kukmin Ilbo, Busan held a vision declaration ceremony titled "Busan, Future City Opened by AI" on the 28th at Nurimaru APEC House in Haeundae District and announced its AI transformation strategy and its plan to bid for the Global AI Hub. Kukmin Ilbo explained that Busan has set out to attract the Global AI Hub, a base for AI research and policy cooperation among international organizations such as the United Nations, and said in a photo caption that a joint cooperation agreement for the bid was signed that day. The same report said in its headline that site selection is at the end of the year. Kukmin Ilbo also reported that the Goyang City Council in Gyeonggi Province unanimously passed a resolution at its regular session plenary on the 26th, with no split between ruling and opposition parties, urging the Global AI Hub to be brought in and calling on the government and Gyeonggi Province to select the site and give active support.
What can be confirmed from this news is that the government is about to open a call for candidate sites for the Global AI Hub and that several local governments have expressed their intent to host it. The specific schedule and evaluation criteria for the call are not in the collected summaries.
Glossary G-Fair Korea is an event held at KINTEX in Goyang, Gyeonggi Province, and this forum took place at the event. A resolution is a document of decision with which a local council formally states its opinion or demands.