Seminar & Forum 14th Yellow Sea Rim Economic and Technological Conference held in Busan, ROK 2015.11.03 ~ 2015.11.05

The 14th Yellow Sea Rim Economic and Technological Conference was held in Busan, ROK from November 3 to 5, 2015. The conference was attended by the China’s Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM), ROK’s Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy (MOTIE), and Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) along with Kyushu Bureau of Economy, Trade and Industry. The Conference consisted of the Plenary Meeting, the Business Forum, and University Presidential Forum. The delegation from the TCS, led by Deputy Secretary-General LEE Jong-heon, participated in the conference and operated a promotion booth during the event. 

Government officials, researchers, and business persons from the three countries convened at the Plenary Meeting to discuss creative efforts for trilateral cooperation regarding engineering education, trade and economy, timber and bio-based industry, establishment of industrial parks, and people-to-people exchange. 

In the keynote speech of the University Presidential Forum, the idea of a “Trilateral Intern Campus (TIC)” was proposed to establish a trilateral industrial-academic cooperation community. The significance and role of TCS was much emphasized to implement the ideas proposed at the University Presidential Forum. 

Since its launching in 2001, the Yellow Sea Rim Conference has been a venue for government officials, private sector representatives, and academics to share ideas on expanding trade and investment, promoting technology transfer, and facilitating human resources exchanges among China, Japan and ROK. The next Conference will be held in Yancheng, China in November 2016.