ABOUT Global Business Center (GBC)
We establish and operate Global Business Centers (GBCs) in major trade hubs worldwide, providing specialized and professional services to support the globalization of korea small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and startups.
Currently supporting 21 cities across 6 regions.
Promising Business Sectors
Shanghai: China’s Economic Powerhouse
- Shanghai’s economy continues to grow rapidly, consistently achieving new milestones in total output.
- In 1949, its total output was only 2.028 billion yuan, but thanks to China’s reform and opening-up policies, by 2023 the city’s per capita GDP reached USD 27,000, placing it among high-income regions by World Bank standards.
- Shanghai’s 2023 GDP stood at 4.7219 trillion yuan, the highest among Chinese cities and 7th among major global cities.
China’s Financial Hub
- Shanghai is the birthplace of modern China’s financial industry.
- In 1992, the government designated the “Shanghai International Financial Center Construction” as a national strategy.
- By 2020, Shanghai had essentially built a financial hub matching China’s economic strength and the yuan’s global role.
- In 2023, 47 new financial institutions were established, bringing the total to 1,771, while the annual total transaction volume of the city’s financial markets reached 337.36 trillion yuan.
- The STAR Market (科创板) in Shanghai ranks first in China for both initial fundraising and market capitalization.
China’s Trade Center
- The “Shanghai International Trade Center Construction” was also established as a national strategy in 1992.
- In 2023, the Port of Shanghai maintained its #1 position globally in total trade volume.
- The total import and export value of Shanghai’s customs area reached 7.73466 trillion yuan, up 0.5% year-on-year.
- The total retail sales of consumer goods hit 1.85 trillion yuan, an increase of 12.6%, ranking first among major Chinese cities in both scale and growth rate.
- Shanghai also saw a 38.3% increase in newly established foreign-invested enterprises (6,017 total) in 2023, with actual foreign investment reaching a record USD 24.087 billion, solidifying its position as China’s top city for multinational regional headquarters.
Logistics Hub
- The Port of Shanghai has ranked #1 globally in container throughput for 14 consecutive years.
- In 2023, the port handled 49.16 million TEUs, a 3.9% year-on-year increase.
R&D and Innovation Cluster
- As of end-2023, Shanghai hosts 10 dual-innovation demonstration bases, 14 national university science parks, 65 national-level technology business incubators, 62 national record innovation spaces, and has fostered over 2,800 technology enterprises.
Professional Consulting
Services
Comprehensive Services in Finance, Investment, Logistics, and ODA
- Provision of office spaces meeting rooms, office
furniture, internet, and telephone services.
- Access to marketing experts, legal and account-
ing advisors for professional consulting.
- Services and administrative support to assist
staff dispatched from the Global Business Center
in settling in locally.
- Private Offices: Office space provided to
support local subsidiary establishment and
overseas market development.
- Shared Offices: Temporary office and con-
sultation space for SMEs using short-term
arrangements.
- Finance: Support for opening corporate
accounts at local financial institutions and con-
sulting to improve convenience in financial
services.
- Investment: Regular IR pitching events target-
ing local VCs and domestic investors operating
overseas, and ongoing recommendations of
promising companies to support investment
attraction.
- Localization: Establishment of specialized fields
per hub, providing product and design localiza-
tion, overseas certification, and technical con-
sulting through local professional institutions.
- Marketing: Support for expanding export
markets by facilitating online and offline distri-
bution of outstanding SME products (e.g.,
Brand-K) according to hub characteristics.
Connection to local Korean communities, organizations, private sector, and government networks.
Provision of local legal, accounting (tax), and labor advisory services to resident and visiting companies, as well as domestic companies seeking overseas expansion (via the Global Business Support Group).
GBC – Shanghai
中國 北京市 朝阳区大望京科技商務園區 宏泰東街 浦項中心 A樓 28層
Director
phone call: +86-166-2119-6827
fax : +86-21-6278-3723
email: deejay@kosmes.or.kr
Total floor area: 2,187㎡ (approximately 656.76 pyeong)
Average private office area:
21.63㎡ per tenant office
Exhibition hall:
231㎡ with 23 display stands (including circular displays)
Additional shared spaces:
Social lounge, shared storage (1 room), parcel room (1),
and common office equipment (printer, fax, etc.)
Live streaming studios:
Large (27.5㎡) / Small (25.5㎡)
Meeting rooms:
1 large (26 seats) / 3 small (6 seats each)
/ 2 open meeting areas (18.4㎡ each)
Event hall:
1 hall with 50 seats
Phone booths:
3 booths (3㎡ each)
GENERAL
