Global investors tour Pohang Convergence Technology Industrial Zone amid DGFEZ investment push

The Daegu-Gyeongbuk Free Economic Zone Authority (DGFEZ) has launched an on-site promotional campaign to showcase Pohang's advanced industry competitiveness and investment environment to global investors.

On Friday, DGFEZ hosted a field tour of the Pohang Convergence Technology Industrial Zone for about 30 foreign investors, business executives and foreign media representatives attending the Invest Korea Summit (IKS 2026).

The tour was organized to give overseas investors from the United States, Germany, China, Japan and other countries a firsthand look at the industrial foundation and investment conditions of the Daegu-Gyeongbuk Free Economic Zone, while also identifying potential investors and expanding global cooperation opportunities for local companies.

Spanning approximately 1.45 million square meters, the Pohang Convergence Technology Industrial Zone is a free economic zone developed to foster advanced industries including biotech and medical, research and development, and components and materials. It houses a concentration of research institutions and companies within a shared industrial infrastructure.

Participants received briefings from DGFEZ on investment support policy and local industry conditions before visiting the Cell Membrane Protein Research Institute and Tissen BioPharma.

At the Cell Membrane Protein Research Institute, visitors examined its role in supporting antibody drug and drug development through structural analysis of cell membrane proteins. They also toured advanced research facilities including a cryo-electron microscope, gaining a firsthand look at Pohang's biotech research and development infrastructure and drug development capabilities.

The group then visited Tissen BioPharma, a deep tech startup focused on cell culture technology, where they received a briefing on the company's cell culture technology and cultivated meat development and examined related prototypes. The visit highlighted how Pohang's biotech industry is expanding beyond drug development into the future food sector.

DGFEZ said it plans to use the tour as a springboard to strengthen its network with overseas investors, raise the international profile of local companies' technological competitiveness, and support efforts to translate those connections into concrete foreign investment and global business partnerships.

"We will continue to actively promote the outstanding industrial foundation and corporate competitiveness of Daegu and North Gyeongsang Province, and work to generate tangible foreign investment results through cooperation with global companies," DGFEZ Commissioner Jeong Hae-yong said.