Creating Sustainable Growth Foundations in Jindo-gun through Job Creation and Population Increase

Comprehensive Measures Report Meeting on Job Creation, Youth, and Population Growth Held

Jindo County held a comprehensive policy briefing session to increase jobs, youth, and population. (Photo by Jindo County)

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Seo Young-seo] Jindo-gun, Jeollanam-do announced on the 16th that it held a comprehensive policy briefing on the 13th to increase jobs, youth, and population, which are the core goals of the 7th local government administration.

At the briefing, 80 departmental policies were comprehensively reviewed, including customized job creation by age group and urban residents returning to farming.

The county created about 1,700 jobs as of the end of 2019 through the implementation of job creation policy projects.

The Youth Village Road and Tomorrow Road projects, which have been in full operation since the second half of 2018, are showing results, and significant effects have been achieved through senior job projects, financially supported job projects, and the creation of about 300 jobs through the opening of Sol Beach Hotel & Resort Jindo.

In addition, in the fields of increasing youth and population, 19 policy projects such as start-ups, childcare, and housing support were promoted, benefiting 937 people, a 75% increase compared to last year's target. From this year, various new policies such as marriage promotion grants will be implemented, with a total effort to restore the population to 32,000 by 2020.

County Governor Lee Dong-jin said, “As a result of various policies, the employment rate and unemployment rate have continuously improved compared to the previous year,” and added, “We will continue to create a sustainable growth foundation through active investment attraction and fostering social economy enterprises to create new jobs and increase the population.”

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