[재계-in] Lee Jae-yong and Choi Tae- won semiconductor solutions in China… Into the KT stir

Reporter Park Young-guk (24pyk@dailian.co.kr), Reporter Cho In-young, Reporter Lim Chae-hyun

Input 2023.04.01 06:00 Edit 2023.04.01 06:00

(From left) Lee Jae-yong, chairman of Samsung Electronics, Chung Eui-sun, chairman of Hyundai Motor Group, Chey Tae-won, chairman of SK Group, and Kwang-mo Koo, chairman of LG. ⓒDailyian Park Jin-hee, graphic designer.

◆이재용 회장, 삼성전기 톈진 공장 방문…중국개발포럼 참석

Samsung Electronics Chairman Lee Jae-yong (left) visits the Samsung Electro-Mechanics factory located in Tianjin, China on the 24th and inspects the MLCC production plant. ⓒ Samsung

On March 24th, they visited the Samsung Electro-Mechanics factory in Tianjin, China, inspected the MLCC factory, and held a meeting with Samsung’s related employees working in the Tianjin area. A meeting was held with the Secretary of Tianjin City, Chen Min-er. On the 25th, he moved to Beijing and attended the ‘China Development Forum (CDF)’ to exchange with global business leaders. Chairman Lee’s visit to China is the first in three years since visiting Samsung Electronics’ Xi’an semiconductor plant in Shaanxi Province in 2020.

Due to the #US-China conflict, the Chairman of Samsung Electronics, Lee Jae-yong, is cautious about going to China, but the visit of the CEO of Apple, an American company, to China is noisy.

◆최태원 회장, 중국 보아오 포럼 참석…반도체 해법 모색

Chey Tae-won, chairman of SK Group, gives a congratulatory speech at the Boao Forum’s ‘Enterprise ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) Performance Measurement’ session held at the Boao Asia Forum Hotel in Hainan Province, China on the 29th. ⓒ Youth News

On March 29, he attended the Boao Forum held in Hainan Province, China, and gave a congratulatory speech in the ‘ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) Enterprise Performance Measurement’ session. “In the post-COVID-19 era, companies with excellent ESG performance and contribution to social value will be winners,” he said. He expressed his intention to meet with Korean reporters at the site and meet with high-ranking Chinese officials on the semiconductor issue.

#As expected, ESG evangelist abroad.

◆윤경림 KT 차기 대표 후보 이어 사외이사 후보 줄사퇴

Yoon Kyung-rim, head of KT Group transformation department (president). ⓒKT

On the 27th, KT Group Transformation Department head (president) Yoon Kyung-rim, who is the next candidate for KT, resigned from his candidacy, and on the 28th, outside directors Kim Dae-yu and Yoo Hee-yeol resigned. Later, due to the opposition expressed by the second-largest shareholder, Hyundai Motor Group, outside directors Kang Chung-gu, Yeo Eun-jeong, and Pyo Pyo Pyo also resigned before the shareholders’ meeting on the 31st, leaving only one outside. director, Kim Yong-heon, whose tenure continues.

# There was criticism of the ‘interest cartel’, but it is bitter to resign because of political interference.

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