Jang Se-yong, Mayor of Gumi, Visits Senior Secretaries Hwang Deok-soon and Kang Ki-jung at the Blue House

Jang Se-yong, Mayor of Gumi, is having a meeting with Hwang Deok-soon, Chief of Job Policy at the Blue House. (Photo by Gumi City)

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Ju Cheol-in] On the 13th, Jang Se-yong, mayor of Gumi City, visited Hwang Deok-soon, Senior Secretary for Jobs at the Blue House, to request the government's active support for the swift promotion of the ‘Win-Win Type Gumi Jobs’ initiative.

At the meeting with Senior Secretary Hwang, Mayor Jang explained the progress made so far and requested the government's active interest and support.

Senior Secretary Hwang said, “I am closely monitoring the progress of the Win-Win Type Gumi Jobs initiative and will actively work to consider and resolve any difficulties together.”

Following this, Mayor Jang met with Kang Ki-jung, Senior Secretary for Political Affairs at the Blue House, and Yoo Dae-young, Secretary for Local Autonomy Development, to emphasize the necessity of the Win-Win Type Gumi Jobs and to propose national funding support for related projects.

Mayor Jang stated, “Through LG Chem’s groundbreaking within this year, we aim to create a turning point for the recovery of Gumi’s economy and are doing our best to reach the goal of economic re-acceleration in Gumi through the Win-Win Type Gumi Jobs.”

The Win-Win Type Gumi Jobs is an investment-promotion job model that will create approximately 1,000 direct and indirect jobs through the construction of a cutting-edge materials industry secondary battery cathode material production plant.

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