Candidate Kim Byung-won Proposes "Establishing a Biopharmaceutical Industry Belt in Hwasun-Naju-Jangheung"

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Seon-gang] Kim Byung-won, the Democratic Party of Korea's preliminary candidate for the National Assembly representing Jeonnam Naju·Hwasun, announced on the 17th, "We will unite Hwasun, Naju, and Jangheung to transform them into a central city for vaccines, biopharmaceuticals, advanced complex medical industries, and the food industry."

This project, which will be promoted over five years from this year to 2024, is expected to have a total budget of 246.3 billion KRW.

In particular, the biopharmaceutical industry belt is expected to create a high level of synergy effects that can increase regional income and create jobs both directly and indirectly by organically linking with smart agriculture and stay-type cultural tourism industries, attracting external and foreign companies and customers.

Hwasun, designated as a vaccine special zone in 2010, is operating a project aiming to become a "Global Healthcare Happiness City" by densely establishing facilities such as an immune therapy industrialization base, anti-cancer virus vector manufacturing facilities, a smart clinical support center, a bio-health convergence knowledge industry center, and a national aging immunity health center centered on the existing biopharmaceutical industrial complex.

Naju, aspiring to be Korea's representative clean agricultural capital, plans to activate the Food Industry Research Center through an organic network with universities and related research institutions.

This research center will collaborate with the Smart Farm Innovation Valley, a key project of candidate Kim, to develop and sell low-salt fermented foods with market competitiveness, foods that improve alcoholic liver disease, and fine dust disease prevention foods using Naju pears, thereby participating in the biopharmaceutical industry belt development project.

Preliminary candidate Kim Byung-won emphasized, "I will strongly support at the National Assembly level so that the current blueprint plan can be sufficiently reflected in the national strategic project," and added, "The biopharmaceutical industry belt centered on Hwasun and Naju will be a project with competitiveness to grow into a global hub beyond Asia."

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