Incheon CCEI (인천 창조경제혁신센터): The Only Centre With Two Corporate Partners
인천 창조경제혁신센터
Incheon is the single exception in the network: KISED lists two 전담 대기업 for it, 한진 and KT. Its published fields are 바이오·헬스케어 and 빅데이터·AI — not the logistics and aviation the Hanjin name suggests. It opened 2015-07-22 in Songdo.
Incheon is the network's one structural exception, and it is worth knowing precisely because it is the exception that gets misquoted in both directions.
KISED's dataset gives every centre a single 전담 대기업. Incheon's row reads 한진, KT.
What the exception is not
The dual listing has been read in English as Hanjin plus the airport corporation, which fits the city's story neatly: an airport, a logistics conglomerate, an aviation cluster.
The record says KT. And the published fields are not logistics at all — they are bio and healthcare, and big data and AI.
| Dimension | Value as published by KISED |
|---|---|
| 전담 대기업 | 한진, KT |
| 특화분야 | 바이오·헬스케어, 빅데이터·AI |
| 출범일 | 2015-07-22 |
| 주소 | 인천 연수구 갯벌로 12, 미추홀타워 7층 (송도동) |
| Operator type | Government-designated |
Songdo, and what bio means there
The address is in Songdo, inside the free economic zone, which is where Incheon's bio manufacturing sits. The centre's first published field points at that cluster rather than at the airport twenty minutes away.
For a founder, the practical read is simple: Incheon is a bio and health door with a data door beside it.
Frequently asked questions
- How many corporate partners does Incheon CCEI have?
- Two: 한진 (Hanjin) and KT. Incheon is the only one of the nineteen centres with more than one 전담 대기업 in KISED's record. Every other centre lists exactly one.
- Is Incheon International Airport Corporation a partner?
- Not in KISED's dataset. It lists 한진 and KT. Descriptions naming the airport corporation, including an earlier version of this page, are inferring from the city rather than reading the record.
- What are its published specialisations?
- 바이오·헬스케어 and 빅데이터·AI. Not smart logistics, not aviation tech — those are what the Hanjin pairing and the airport suggest.
- Where is it?
- 인천 연수구 갯벌로 12, 미추홀타워 7층, in Songdo — inside the free economic zone.
- When did it open?
- 2015-07-22, the last of the seventeen government-designated centres to launch. Only Bitgaram, privately operated and opened 2017, came later.
- Does having two partners mean more support?
- KISED publishes the pairing, not what each partner contributes. Read it as two corporate doors rather than double the budget, and check the individual 모집공고 for what is actually funded.
Sources
- 창업진흥원_창조경제혁신센터 데이터 현황_20260604 — KISED's centre dataset: 전담 대기업, 출범일, 지역, 주소 and 특화분야 for all 19 centres — read 2026-09-01
- CCEI unified portal — centre directory and notices — read 2026-09-01
- KISED, 창업 인프라 — states 전국 19개 창조경제혁신센터 and the centre contact directory — read 2026-09-01
Everything above is the rule as published. See how it applies to your case.