Lee Jae-myung: "Delivery apps are social infrastructure...The economy thrives when people use Baedal Express"

[Suwon Ilbo=Park No-hoon] Gyeonggi Province Governor Lee Jae-myung has launched a campaign to encourage usage of Gyeonggi Province's delivery app 'Baedal Express'.

Governor Lee said through his SNS on the 3rd, "In the digital economy era, delivery apps are digital social infrastructure (digital SOC) like highways in the analog economy era, so competition rather than monopoly must be guaranteed," and "If many people sign up for and use Gyeonggi Province's Baedal Express, the economy will thrive."

On the same day, Gyeonggi Province announced through a press release that Gyeonggi Province's delivery app 'Baedal Express', which launched on the 1st, is receiving tremendous response.

According to the province, the total number of members who signed up from the first day of 'Baedal Express' service launch through 10 a.m. on the 2nd reached approximately 41,000 people.

This means that approximately 41% of the initial annual goal of 'attracting 100,000 members' was already achieved on the first day. As a result, 10,000-won discount coupons that were scheduled to be distributed to the first 20,000 people were exhausted ahead of schedule.

On Google Play and App Store, it ranked 3rd on the free app popularity chart, and ranked 1st among Food & Drink category applications on App Store (as of 10:30 p.m. on the 1st).