Gwangju Regional Public Procurement Service Holds Innovation Procurement Policy Briefing Session

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Jin-Hyung Park] The Gwangju Regional Public Procurement Service recently explained the innovative procurement policy to autonomous vehicle development and manufacturing companies at a technology seminar hosted by the Korea Institute of Industrial Technology.

The briefing session was organized to promote the early adoption and dissemination of autonomous vehicles in public institutions through innovative procurement, providing corporate support information such as pilot purchase projects for innovative prototypes to companies related to autonomous road surface cleaning vehicles and waste collection vehicles.

On the 27th, Kim Gong-jin, head of the Gwangju Procurement Service, stated, “Since Gwangsan-gu, Gwangju Metropolitan City, has been designated as a pilot zone for autonomous vehicle operation, we will spare no institutional support to commercialize autonomous vehicles.”