South Korea is gearing up for a large-scale international bio industry exposition in Osong in September to display state-of-the-art biotechnologies and to promote the city as a global mecca in the field, organizers said Thursday.

Hosted by the government of North Chungcheong Province, the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy and the local municipal government, the Osong International Bio Industry Exposition will kick off its 17-day run starting Sept. 26 in the Osong Biovalley in Osong, some 120 kilometers south of Seoul.

Under the theme of “The Secret of Life, Beautiful Future,” eight exhibition halls will showcase how the industry has developed over the past decades and what the future society will be like in accordance with the innovation of biotechnology, according to its organizing committee. (Yonhap)