A cow from 50 years ago...Expanding to Future Industries

[Anchor]
The relationship that began with a cow half a century ago is leading to various high-tech industrial exchanges.

It's about a sisterhood relationship between Gangwon-do and Alberta, Canada.

Marking the 50th anniversary of this year's meaningful exchange, the two regions promised new cooperation.Reporter

reports.

[Reporter]
In the faded picture, a spotty cow.

It is a gift to commemorate the sisterhood sent to Gangwon Province by the Canadian province of Alberta in September 1974.

By creating a pilot ranch, the cattle grew quickly, and that became the basis for the Gangwon livestock industry.This year marks the 50th anniversary of the relationship between Gangwon Province and Alberta, which began with one

cow.

Depending on the times, the two regions exchanged variously in sports and culture, following the dispatch of teachers and government officials.

Canada participates in the Korean War as a UN soldier,

It is also common that the Winter Olympics were held in Calgary in 1988 and Pyeongchang in 2018.

The two sides, who celebrated 50 years of achievement, signed an agreement once again this time.

They decided to cooperate in the development of various high-tech industries promoted by each other, such as energy and bio.

[Daniel Smith / Awarded by Alberta, Canada: Hydrogen, Ammonia, Low Carbon, Biotechnology, AI, Data Center, Healthcare. I think there are quite a few areas where we can cooperate.

Alberta is Canada's largest hydrogen producer, in particular.

Gangwon Province also announced a blueprint to strategically foster the hydrogen industry in the East Coast region.

[Kim Jin-tae / Governor of Gangwon-do: Alberta was also a city centered on livestock and agriculture, and so was our Gangwon-do. Now, 50 years have passed and we have become a special self-governing province to go to the future industry..]

The semiconductor and bio sectors are also targeted for investment.

First of all, we expanded exchanges beyond Canada to the entire North American region, including the United States, and discussed cooperation projects to create bio-specific complexes.

In particular, they agreed to expand a semiconductor core component factory in Gangwon-do with a local company.

[Kim Jin-tae / Governor of Gangwon-do: Gangwon-do is now developing an ecosystem to create a semiconductor environment. We made a promise to make additional investments beyond what we have now and signed an MOU.

A sisterhood relationship between the two regions that began beyond the Pacific Ocean when even the term "foreign exchange" was rare.

Exchanges between Gangwon-do and Alberta local governments, which began in the livestock sector in the 1970s, are now expanding to high-tech industries such as energy.

I am YTN Jihwan from Calgary, Canada.

Reporter for shooting
: Hong Do-young