Gwangju prepares to host G20 Deputies’ Meeting

Gwangju City is in the final stages of preparation for successfully hosting a meeting of Deputy Finance Ministers from the G20 states.

The meeting will be held from the 4th to the 5th of September, at the Mudeung Park Hotel in Gwangju, and will be attended by 150 people, including deputy finance ministers from G20 member states, the vice-president of the central bank, as well as officials from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), and the World Bank (WB).

South Korea is current chair, and the G20 Advisory Committee has been taking steps to ensure readiness for the event. As part of this, since March this year, Gwangju Preparatory team has established and undertaken a plan to ready the city in terms of environment and public order, so that participants at the conference will see the beautiful and clean face of the city.