The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy said April 28 it will accept applications for its “2026 Smart Green Industrial Complex Support Program” through June 8.
The ministry is running support programs for M.AX and GX across 24 industrial parks designated as smart green complexes, including projects to build AI transformation testbeds and energy self-sufficiency infrastructure.
Under the integrated call, the ministry will select 39 new projects across nine programs — five in M.AX and four in GX. The ministry said this year’s support totals 90 billion won, and that selected projects will receive about 300 billion won in central government funding over their project periods.
Asan Bugok, the Masan Free Trade Zone and Chungju’s First General Industrial Complex — newly designated as smart green complexes last year — will receive core projects common to smart green complexes, including a smart logistics platform, a manufacturing AX industry-academia innovation park and construction of a smart energy platform, known as FEMS.
Nationwide competitive programs for smart green complexes will include building 5G specialized network infrastructure for industrial parks, edge AIDC demonstrations and energy self-sufficiency infrastructure. The ministry said it will also support construction of FEMS+ — a smart energy platform — for 14 tenant companies. In Yeosu and the Pohang National Industrial Complex, the government will push a digital-based pilot complex for resource circulation.
The government said the projects will strengthen the foundation for M.AX and GX in industrial parks, support manufacturing innovation and carbon reductions among tenant companies, and contribute to more balanced regional development. It also said it will improve evaluation indicators to reflect policy aimed at strengthening balanced regional development.
Details such as application periods and support conditions for each program are available on the ministry’s website and the Korea Industrial Complex Corp. website.
The ministry said it will “continue to support AI-based manufacturing innovation and the carbon-free transition in industrial parks” to help boost tenant companies’ competitiveness and revitalize regional economies.
* This article has been translated by AI.
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