Gangnam-gu is a representative high-income, high-tech district in South Korea, generating over 6% of the country's GDP.
Based on regional industry, investment, and employment data, this chapter proposes policy directions for simultaneously strengthening economic self-sufficiency and international competitiveness from a global perspective
. The ultimate goal is to establish economic governance that integrates industrial innovation, startups, investment attraction, and MICE linkages .
 

Gangnam-gu's economic analysis follows a structure of "industrial base → startup ecosystem → investment, consumption, employment → global connectivity." MarketHub-based data, Seoul's regional economic statistics, and AI news sentiment data are combined to create a comprehensive quantitative and qualitative analysis model
of the local economy . This model will be automatically updated with future quarterly data updates, enabling real-time policy decisions.

Over the past three years, Gangnam-gu has achieved steady growth in the technology, content, healthcare, and service sectors, recording a GRDP growth rate exceeding the Seoul Metropolitan Government average. Its
concentration in AI, fintech, and biotech sectors is particularly high, offering significant potential for expansion into an international cooperation city.

Gangnam District's industrial structure centers around IT, finance, cultural content, and healthcare.
The IT and healthcare services sectors, with their high inter-industry linkages, play a central role in both employment and added value.

Gangnam-gu's local economy is driven by five growth axes: digital services, innovative entrepreneurship, luxury consumption, knowledge industry, and ESG transition.
This aligns with the core patterns of urban economies attracting attention from global investors.

In line with its glocalization strategy, Gangnam-gu must implement a hybrid attraction model that simultaneously attracts both foreign investment and domestic private capital.
The Pipeline–Incentive–Place–Execution (PIPE) structure is designed as an executable policy framework for this purpose.

Gangnam-gu boasts the largest concentration of startups in the country, with a projected number of companies exceeding 2,900 by 2025.
Ensuring continuity across the startup, investment, and global expansion stages is a key challenge, and a public-private partnership fund system is essential.

The MICE industry is a key growth engine for Gangnam-gu's service and consumer economy, driving consumption expansion centered on residential tourism and international events.

Economic growth requires a combination of attracting talent and improving the residential environment.
Gangnam District maintains top-tier transportation, housing, and education infrastructure nationwide, and future housing policies geared toward attracting young people and global talent will be crucial.

Gangnam District's economic development strategy should pursue a Public-Private Partnership (PPP)
structure that blends public finance and private investment. By operating public and private funds in a performance-linked manner, both financial efficiency and project speed can be achieved.

This indicator system is designed to regularly measure policy performance.
It is automatically updated quarterly, and AI analyzes sentiment, issues, and investment trends.

The phased implementation plan aims for balanced development of industry, entrepreneurship, investment, tourism, and the inclusive economy.

Gangnam-gu is being redefined as a global hub city focused on AI, fintech, and content, transcending Seoul and becoming the economic heart of South Korea .
The core of its glocalization strategy is "industrial datafication + global investment linkage + citizen-inclusive economy."
A quarterly AI loop allows for real-time tracking of policy outcomes.
This will be a key step in Gangnam-gu's evolution from a "technology city" to an "inclusive economy."