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2011	Established sales network in Moscow, Russia (January)
2010	Established sales network in Qingdao, China (September)
2009	Established a partner service, PIERS Trade Profiles, providing US import & export information (Jan.)
2008	Established sales network in Vietnam (November) Selected by European Union as Korea partner for EU Gateway Programme* (October) * The programme funded and managed by European Union to support EU companies in developing business cooperation with Korean companies
2007	Qualified as Google Overseas Advertisement Sales Partner in Korea (July) Established sales networks in India (July), Italy (March) and Pakistan (April)
2006	Launched Credit Report, Authentication & Verification Service in cooperation with Global CIS (Feb.)
2005	Established sales networks in Turkey and Taiwan (May)
2004	Established sales networks in Shanghai, Shenzhen, Xiamen and Ningbo, China (December) Launched Premium Membership service, Trade OK and PRO (April)
2001	EC21 launched e-Trade Pioneer* Service in cooperation with MeetWorldTrade, a US-based B2B company (September) * e-Trade Pioneer: an early model of the current EC21 Premium membership service
2000	EC21 Inc. spun off from KITA (April)
1997	EC21.com established by Korea International Trade Association(KITA) (October)