Phase 2 approval completes planning for entire site

Complex to cluster ICT, R&D, software, content and advanced manufacturing

An aerial rendering of Gyeyang Techno Valley [Incheon city government]
An aerial rendering of Gyeyang Techno Valley [Incheon city government]

Incheon's Gyeyang Techno Valley has completed industrial complex plan approvals for its entire site, accelerating efforts to build a self-sufficient city where jobs and housing coexist.

The Incheon city government announced Monday that it had officially published the revised industrial complex plan and topographic map for the Incheon Gyeyang Techno Valley Urban Advanced Industrial Complex.

With the announcement, administrative approval procedures are now complete for all 757,457 square meters of the complex.

The latest approval covers the remaining Phase 2 zone of 410,020 square meters, following the Phase 1 priority zone of 347,437 square meters approved in December 2024.

The finalization of the industrial complex plan for the entire site lays the groundwork for full-scale development.

Incheon city plans to supply industrial and other land parcels alongside the complex's development and will actively pursue tenant companies.

A defining feature of Gyeyang Techno Valley is its design as a mixed-use urban advanced industrial complex — unlike conventional industrial parks focused solely on manufacturing facilities, it integrates residential, commercial and green space functions.

Of the total 757,457 square meters, industrial zones account for the largest share at 507,944 square meters. The remainder is divided among 109,849 square meters of residential zones, 11,746 square meters of commercial zones and 127,918 square meters of green space, creating a structure in which industrial facilities and lifestyle support amenities are connected within a single area.

The design reflects an ambition to make Gyeyang Techno Valley not merely a business cluster but a core hub for a live-work self-sufficient city.

The city's tenant recruitment strategy is relatively well defined. Incheon has identified high-value, knowledge-based industries — including information and communications technology, research and development, software development, broadcasting and video content, and machinery and equipment manufacturing — as well as eco-friendly advanced manufacturing as its primary targets.

Particularly given its location as an urban industrial complex, the city is also placing emphasis on environmental management. Businesses that emit air pollutants or designated hazardous water pollutants will be strictly restricted from moving in, with the aim of creating an eco-friendly complex where residential and industrial uses can coexist.

"The publication of this industrial complex plan approval is an important turning point for Gyeyang Techno Valley as it leaps forward as a self-sufficient city and builds competitiveness," said Kim Sang-gil, head of Incheon city's future industries bureau. "We will do our utmost to invigorate the local economy by nurturing the complex as an integrated hub for advanced and knowledge industries, and by actively attracting businesses and pursuing the project efficiently."


gilbert@heraldcorp.com