Lee Nak-yeon, "Tighten the quarantine measures!"... Song Ha-jin, "Help establish the Public Medical School!"

The Democratic Party of Korea's COVID-19 National Crisis Overcoming Committee held a meeting for the Honam region on the 22nd at Jeonbuk Provincial Office, where Chairman Lee Nak-yeon is seen listening to the greeting from Song Ha-jin, Governor of Jeonbuk. Photo by Jeonbuk Province

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Gominhyeong] Lee Nak-yeon, Chairman of the Democratic Party's COVID-19 National Crisis Overcoming Committee, visited Jeonbuk Province to appeal for nationwide participation in quarantine efforts.

At the final regional tour stop at Jeonbuk Provincial Office, Chairman Lee stated, "The regional meeting of the COVID-19 National Crisis Overcoming Committee was organized to discuss overcoming the COVID-19 crisis and regional projects linked to the Korean New Deal."

He added, "Recently, COVID-19 has been spreading nationwide," and urged, "The number of confirmed cases relative to the population is increasing in Honam, where the rate had been low, so I hope everyone tightens quarantine measures once again."

The meeting was attended by about 30 people, including Chairman Lee, Song Ha-jin, Governor of Jeonbuk Province, the governors of three Honam region provinces, Kim Jin-pyo, Head of the Emergency Economic Countermeasures Headquarters, Ahn Ho-young, Chairman of the Jeonbuk Provincial Party, Song Gap-seok, Chairman of the Gwangju City Party, Seo Sam-seok, Chairman of the Jeonnam Provincial Party, and members of the National Assembly from the Honam region.

The Jeonbuk New Deal-related regional projects discussed that day included ▲ Establishing a performance evaluation base for Saemangeum renewable energy parts and materials ▲ Creating a national comprehensive demonstration research complex for renewable energy ▲ Developing a specialized complex for energy materials, parts, and equipment ▲ Forming a green hydrogen production cluster ▲ Establishing an eco-friendly global big data cluster ▲ Developing a smart livestock non-face-to-face service platform project.

Governor Song Ha-jin responded, "I think this is Chairman Lee Nak-yeon's 19th visit to Jeonbuk since becoming Prime Minister," and requested, "Please process the establishment of a public medical school, which was announced in 2018 through party-government consultations to utilize the medical school quota generated by the closure of Namwon Seonam University, as the Democratic Party's first bill."

Meanwhile, the COVID-19 National Crisis Overcoming Committee, chaired by Representative Lee, visited Osong in Chungbuk, Changwon in Gyeongnam, and Wonju in Gangwon sequentially earlier this month.

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