Every major city around the world has been involved in a fierce competition. Urban competitiveness will be improved, along with the implementation of national development strategies. There are various issues relating to urban competitiveness, including the training of human resources, the construction of industrial clusters, and the preparation of a business environment that is conducive to investment.
- How can urban competitiveness be combined with industrial competitiveness?
- What is the key to the successful development of industrial clusters?
- What is the most desirable relationship between the business environment for investment and urban competitiveness?
- What would be a desirable approach to organizing industry groups, training human resources, and managing the investment environment to improve national competitiveness?

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ㆍ Components of national and municipal competitiveness
ㆍ Model for evaluating national and municipal competitiveness
ㆍ A sustainable development model for the state and city

- Chair
PARK, Young-kyoon (Director, Dong-A Il Bo)

- Speakers
KIM Won-tae (Professor, Central Officials Training Institute)
MUN Young-hoon (Director, Local Government Competitiveness Support Division, Ministry of Public Administration And Security)
YAO Wang (Executive Chairman, Boao Forum for Asia/Vice President, Boao Asia Research Institute)
CHEN Jun (Chairman, Institute for China, Japan, Korea Economic Development)
HUANG You Yi (Member, Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference)
HWANG Ju-hong (Governor of Gangjin)

ㆍ Government’s leadership and strategy