Gyeonggi Province, awarded the Prime Minister's Citation at the '2024 Medical Korea Global Healthcare Merit Award'

Gyeonggi Province has been awarded the Prime Minister's Citation for its contribution to the development of the global healthcare industry in Korea.

On March 14-15, 2024, at the opening ceremony of the international conference 'Medical Korea 2024' hosted by the Ministry of Health and Welfare and the Korea Health Industry Development Institute, a total of 22 government commendations were awarded to individuals and organizations that have contributed to the development of medical overseas expansion and attracting foreign patients.

At Medical Korea 2024, Gyeonggi Province received the Prime Minister's Citation, achieving the honor of being the only local government to win an award this year. In particular, in addition to Gyeonggi Province, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital and Soonchunhyang University Hospital Bucheon received the Presidential Commendation and the Prime Minister's Citation, respectively, highlighting the active role of medical institutions in Gyeonggi Province.

Gyeonggi Province initiated international medical business in 2009 for the first time among local governments nationwide. Since then, it has established health and medical cooperation relationships with 27 overseas local governments worldwide, produced 826 medical professionals from 10 countries through overseas medical training, co-hosted 22 international medical conferences, conducted 54 overseas medical missions, and performed 18 free surgeries, achieving a cumulative total of 450,000 foreign patients attracted to Korea, contributing significantly to the global healthcare development of Korea.

Furthermore, Gyeonggi Province's international medical business has flexibly and steadily grown over the past 15 years amidst rapidly changing global dynamics, establishing and operating local Gyeonggi Global Medical Business Center (GMBC) in Russia, Kazakhstan, and the United States (2011-2017), operating Gyeonggi Medical Tour Centers for foreign tourists visiting Korea (2015-2017), and conducting global marketing activities such as developing Medical Gyeonggi branded content and promoting overseas online through social media (2018~).

This is a remarkable achievement led by a metropolitan local autonomous body among the 17 provinces nationwide, and Gyeonggi Province will continue to make its best efforts to promote Medical Korea globally through ongoing efforts and collaboration with central agencies in the future.