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May. 2023
18th President Park Ho Koon inaugurated
Jan. 2023
Established the Incheon Safe City Research Center Changed the name from ‘Incheon Climate and Environment Research Center’ to ’Incheon Carbon Neutrality Center’
Apr. 2021
Incheon Institute’s 25th anniversary
Jan. 2021
Re-organized into two offices and four departments (Office of Research Planning, Office of Management Support, Urban Society Research Division , Economic Environment Research Division, Transportation & Logistics Research Division, Urban Infrastructure Research Division)
Jan. 2020
Strategic Analysis Research Division launched, operating five research groups (Urban Future, Peace City, Municipal Administration Monitoring, Urban Safety, Super-wide Transportation)
Sep. 2019
Incheon Public Investment Management Center launched
Nov. 2018
Signed a MOU on academic cooperation with the Ho Chi Minh Institute for Development Studies (renewal, Vietnam)
Oct. 2018
Sixteenth president Lee Yong Shik inaugurated
Jul. 2018
Fifth chairman Park Nam Chun inaugurated
Apr. 2018
Renamed “The Incheon Institute”
Oct. 2017
Signed a MOU on academic exchange and research collaboration with the Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences (China)
Sep. 2017
15th President Lee Jong Youl inaugurated
Dec. 2015
Nam Kimyong elected as chairman of the Korea Association of Regional Development Institute
Dec. 2014
4th Chairman of the Board of Directors, Yoo Jeong Bok (Mayor of Incheon Metropolitan City) inaugurated
Jun. 2014
Signed an agreement on International cooperation with the Liaoning Academy of Social Sciences (China)
Dec. 2012
Signed an agreement on academic exchange and research cooperation with the Japan Research Institute
Jun. 2012
Signed an agreement on academic exchange and research cooperation with the Ethnic Institute of Yanbian University (China)
Dec. 2011
Signed an agreement on academic exchange and research cooperation with the College of Architecture and Urban Planning of Beijing University of Technology(China).
Oct. 2010
Signed a MOU on academic exchange and research collaboration with the European Institute for Comparative Urban Research (Netherlands)
Dec. 2009
Signed a MOU on academic exchange and research collaboration with the Ho Chi Minh City Institute for Development Studies (Vietnam)
Jul. 2009
Signed an agreement on academic exchange and research collaboration with the China Development Institute (China)
Jun. 2009
Singed a MOU on academic exchange and research collaboration with the University of Technology, Sydney (Australia)
Nov. 2006
Signed an agreement on academic exchange and research collaboration with the University of Kitakyushu (Japan), Shandong Academy of Social Sciences (China)
Oct. 2006
Revision of 『Incheon Development Institute Establishment and Operation Conventions』
Nov. 2004
Signed an agreement on academic exchange and research collaboration with the Tianjin Academy of Social Sciences (China)
Nov. 2003
Signed an agreement on friendship, exchange, and cooperation with the Development Research Center of Dalian People’s Government, Qingdao Academy of Social Sciences (China)
Jan. 2000
Enactment of 『Laws on Establishment and Operation of Research Institutes funded by Local Government』
Jan. 1997
Renamed the center the Incheon Development Institute
Apr. 1996
Official opening of the Incheon 21st Century Research Center
Mar. 1996
1st President Kim Hak-Joon inaugurated