Suncheon-si Expects Total Employment of 15,000 This Year Through New Job Creation

7,404 Public Sector Workers, 3,270 Elderly Sector Workers, and 386 Youth Sector Workers

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Chunsu] Suncheon City, Jeollanam-do, is putting all its efforts into creating new jobs this year through various policies, raising expectations whether this will lead to substantial employment creation.

According to Suncheon City on the 7th, the city has prepared the ‘2020 Suncheon City Job Creation Promotion Plan’ to create a total of 15,000 new jobs, including 7,404 in the public sector.

By sector, there are 3,270 for the elderly, 386 for youth, 245 for the disabled, 193 for middle-aged, 140 for low-income groups, and 3,170 for others.

With the vision of ‘Suncheon, a happy ecological economy city with good work and many jobs,’ the city plans to prioritize the creation of sustainable and high-quality jobs.

The plan includes the achievements of job projects over the past year and four strategies, 14 promotion tasks, and 17 implementation plans for job creation in 2020.

Job creation strategies include policies in various fields such as ‘attracting advanced industry research institutes in the urban high-tech industrial complex,’ ‘supporting loan interest for local small and medium enterprises,’ ‘opening and operating a global webtoon center,’ and ‘training for one-person creators.’

Additionally, the city plans to contribute to revitalizing the local economy by forming a living zone centered on attracted institutions through demand-oriented investment attraction strategies such as attracting high-end hotels and resorts, medical institutions, and foreign schools.

To create ‘Suncheon, a city good for business,’ the city has established a stable foundation for small and medium enterprise operations through support for selecting promising SMEs, repayment support for youth student loans employed by SMEs, and certification of excellent employment companies.

To create an E4 City integrated with 4th industrial technologies, the city supports the development of various industrial technologies through the establishment of a natural product bio-specialized agricultural and industrial complex and promotes blockchain industry development projects utilizing Suncheon’s excellent natural resources and infrastructure.

Furthermore, the city plans to support stable job-seeking activities and long-term employment of local youth through operating youth centers, Suncheon-style workplace experience youth job projects, Jeonnam youth retention incentive projects, Jeonnam youth job-seeking activity support projects, and administrative internships for university graduates.

Along with this, the city is also conducting income redistribution-type job creation projects that cultivate self-sufficiency and support skill acquisition for low-income groups by providing customized work opportunities to basic livelihood security recipients and near-poverty groups with work ability through the local self-support center.

To create various jobs reflecting the unique regional characteristics of Suncheon, differentiated from government projects, the city actively discovers Jeonnam-type companion job contest projects.

In particular, the city plans to promote job projects for the Blue Economy provincial policy and for middle-aged and career-interrupted women.

A city official said, “This year, Suncheon City will do its utmost to create a new Suncheon where citizens are happy through establishing a comprehensive job support system covering all fields and classes and expanding the foundation.”

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