Gwangju Seo-gu Holds Market Event for Public Officials to Buy Local Products

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Yoon Jamin] Seo-gu, Gwangju Metropolitan City (Mayor Seo Daeseok) announced on the 6th that it will hold a 'Public Officials Buying Local Products Market' in front of Seo-gu Office Square on the 7th to share the pain of the local economy caused by the COVID-19 crisis.

This market was prepared to share the difficulties of local companies and farms in Seo-gu suffering from the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic and to take the lead in overcoming the local economic crisis starting with public officials.

On this day, 26 companies including local social economy enterprises, youth enterprises, and local farms whose sales channels were blocked due to COVID-19 will participate.

The participating companies are those engaged in public interest projects such as providing jobs to vulnerable groups including the disabled and low-income families, and they plan to sell about 70 products through the market.

With the start of 'social distancing in daily life' on the 6th, Seo-gu plans to hold the market as an outdoor event to prevent COVID-19 and will thoroughly enforce life quarantine measures such as mandatory mask-wearing and hand sanitizer use for participants.

A seller from Emmaus Workplace, a business for the disabled, said, "Due to the delay in school reopening, deliveries of school meals such as perilla oil and tofu were completely stopped, causing difficulties," and added, "I am very grateful that public officials are taking the lead during these difficult times."

A Seo-gu official said, "We hope this market will be of some help to local companies and farms struggling due to COVID-19," and added, "We will continue to actively promote the purchase of local products to overcome the local economic crisis."

Meanwhile, Seo-gu is making multifaceted efforts to revitalize the domestic market by promoting initiatives such as 'Public Officials Local Product Sales and Delivery Service,' 'Eco-friendly Agricultural Products Package Delivery,' and 'Local Garden Flower Buying Campaign' to resolve the depressed local economy caused by COVID-19.

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