2nd Co-Growth Fair Held…A Stage for Symbiotic Relations Between Large and Small-Medium Enterprises

On the 22nd, Gyeonggi Province jointly hosted the ‘2026 Gyeonggi Province Co-Growth Fair’ with the Co-Growth Committee at the Suwon Convention Center, creating a venue for symbiotic cooperation between large and small-medium enterprises.

This year marks the second edition of the event, with the theme ‘Growing Together, Gyeonggi Connecting Coexistence.’ A total of 120 large and mid-sized enterprises and public institutions and 262 small-medium enterprises participated, operating diverse programs including △purchasing consultation meetings between large and small-medium enterprises △co-growth cooperation product planning (MD) evaluation sessions △large enterprise store opening briefing sessions △small-medium enterprise trouble consulting and counseling, among others.

In the purchasing consultation meeting, the core program of the event, a total of 732 customized 1:1 consultations were conducted, with zones divided into four sectors: machinery and heavy industry, construction and chemicals, distribution services, and electrical, electronic, and energy.

For the newly established ‘Co-Growth Cooperation Product Planning (MD) Evaluation Session’ this year, Lotte Department Store participated as a cooperative partner, directly evaluating products from 20 outstanding small-medium enterprises in the province and examining product competitiveness and distribution suitability. Participating enterprises will be connected with online and offline sales channel support including Lotte Department Store pop-up stores, and excellent enterprises are planned to receive additional sales channel support including entry into ‘Dream Plaza,’ a small-medium enterprise sales channel support specialty store within Lotte Department Store’s Yeongdeungpo branch.

Meanwhile, a total of 10 distributors including Coupang and Hyundai Home Shopping had product planners (MDs) participate to comprehensively review product market viability and store opening possibilities, and explored possibilities for sales channel expansion through future store opening and business transaction consultations.

Ju Hyung-chul, Vice Governor for Economy of Gyeonggi Province, said in his opening remarks, “Gyeonggi Province is the center of symbiotic cooperation between large and small-medium enterprises, with approximately 27% of the nation’s small-medium enterprises concentrated here,” adding, “I hope this fair becomes an opportunity to contribute to substantial sales channel development for small-medium enterprises in the province and the creation of a sustainable business transaction environment.”

Meanwhile, the opening ceremony was attended by Vice Governor Ju Hyung-chul, Gyeonggi Provincial Assembly Economic and Labor Committee members Jang Tae-hwan, Choi Sang-gyu, Song Yeon-seop, Oh Hyun-jeong, and Choi Hye-kyung, Byeon Tae-seop, Secretary-General of the Foundation for Large, Small-Medium Enterprises, and Agricultural and Fishery Cooperation, Yoo Tae-il, Standing Director of the Gyeonggi Economic Science and Innovation Promotion Agency, and Lee Sung-hyun, Head of the Communication Division at Lotte Department Store, among others, celebrating the successful hosting of the event.