Gyeonggi-do Expands Healthcare and Medical Industry Cooperation with Mongolia, Delivering Results from Healthcare Professional Training to Medical Industry Expansion

- Promoting multifaceted cooperation through healthcare professional training, academic exchanges, patient referrals, and medical industry collaboration

- Strengthening the foundation for cooperation through training for 197 Mongolian healthcare professionals and the hosting of international medical conferences and business meetings

Gyeonggi-do has expanded exchanges with Mongolia in the fields of healthcare and public health in 2026, working to strengthen the capabilities of medical professionals and support the overseas expansion of the medical industry.

This year’s cooperation was centered on reciprocal visits by delegations from both regions. In March, a working-level delegation from Mongolia’s Health Development Center (HDC) visited Gyeonggi-do and further strengthened bilateral cooperation by holding intergovernmental meetings and touring major medical institutions in the province, while promoting initiatives such as invitation-based training programs for healthcare professionals, international medical conferences, business meetings, and delegation exchanges.

In April, the ‘2026 Mongolian Healthcare Professionals Invitational Training Completion Ceremony’ was held, marking the successful completion of clinical training by eight healthcare professionals from Mongolia’s First State Central Hospital, Third State Central Hospital, National Trauma Center, and Second State Central Hospital at four medical institutions in Gyeonggi-do.

Subsequently, the Gyeonggi-do delegation visited the Mongolian HDC, which is responsible for Mongolian healthcare policy, workforce management, and patient referrals, in May, and held a meeting with Director Odgerel M. and others.

At this meeting, both sides agreed to continue the existing programs for inviting medical professionals for training and academic exchanges, while also reaching a consensus to expand training programs in high-demand specialized clinical fields such as neurosurgery, spine, and cardiovascular medicine.

In particular, regarding the overseas patient referral policy being promoted by the Mongolian government, it was decided to strengthen the cooperation system linking the patient referral function of the Mongolian HDC with medical institutions in the province so that Gyeonggi-do’s excellent medical infrastructure can be actively utilized.

At the “2026 Korea–Mongolia Academic Conference” held during the same period, more than 60 medical professionals from both countries participated and continued academic exchanges by sharing key medical issues such as emergency medical systems and neurosurgical treatment technologies. Some of the Mongolian presenters were graduates of medical training programs in Gyeonggi-do and introduced the outcomes of their training.

Cooperation in the medical industry sector also expanded. At the “2026 Medical Gyeonggi Business Meeting,” around 80 one-on-one business consultations were held between medical institutions and medical companies in the province and local Mongolian agencies, and an opportunity was provided to introduce Gyeonggi-do’s medical resources and the competitiveness of its medical services.

In addition, about 50 Mongolian trainees who completed the program attended the “2026 Gyeonggi Global Medical Training Forum” to share the outcomes of the training and discuss follow-up cooperation measures. Gyeonggi-do has continuously promoted training programs for invited medical professionals since 2012, and to date a total of 197 Mongolian medical professionals have completed training at medical institutions in the province. The network of trainees built through this has become a key foundation for medical cooperation between the two countries.

Gyeonggi-do plans to continue cooperating with the HDC to further expand training for medical professionals, academic exchanges, patient referrals, and collaboration in the medical device and digital health sectors, while actively supporting the overseas expansion of medical institutions and healthcare companies in the province.