Jeonnam Province Secures Regional Future Growth Engines in Line with Blue Economy Initiative

Jangheung County established the Future Innovation Division following the organizational restructuring in 2020. (Photo by Jangheung County)

Jangheung County established the Future Innovation Division following the organizational restructuring in 2020. (Photo by Jangheung County)

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[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Seo Young-seo] Jangheung-gun, Jeollanam-do announced on the 13th that it has established the Future Innovation Division following the 2020 organizational restructuring.


The New Year's organizational restructuring was carried out based on the implementation of administrative organization and manpower diagnosis, gathering various opinions from employees.


Jangheung-gun is known to have implemented this work- and task-centered reorganization to discover future growth engines for the region and to promote efficient work execution.


The establishment of the Future Innovation Division is a strategic move to align with Jeollanam-do's policy direction, which declared the Blue Economy vision in July last year. The division is organized with the goal of fostering regional new growth industries such as Blue Economy, Blue Landscape, Biopharmaceuticals, and Integrated Medical Teams. It plans to discover promising industries in Jangheung-gun reflecting government policies and regional characteristics, and focus on building green tourism resources that highlight distinctive landscapes.


The Future Innovation Division's role also includes creating a sustainable Jeongnamjin Jangheung by fostering future industries utilizing local blue resources, such as discovering various projects in the biopharmaceutical field leading future industries and developing integrated medicine content.



Jangheung-gun Mayor Jeong Jong-sun said, "If we do not change our thinking and actions, we cannot lead the times," and added, "We expect the newly established Future Innovation Division to breathe new life into discovering regional new growth engines such as green tourism and biopharmaceuticals."


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