Assemblyman Shin Jeong-hoon Secures 161.5 Billion Won for Next Year's Key Projects

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Seon-gang] Congressman Shin Jeong-hoon (The Democratic Party, Jeonnam Naju·Hwasun) announced on the 7th that he secured 161.5 billion KRW for major pending projects in Naju and Hwasun in the 2021 government budget proposal.

Despite the unprecedented difficulty in securing government budgets due to COVID-19, he secured next year's national budget of 94.3 billion KRW for Naju City and 67.2 billion KRW for Hwasun County with his unique drive, injecting vitality into the promotion of regional projects.

Notably, a large number of major new projects, likened to "a camel passing through the eye of a needle," were reflected.

As a member of the National Assembly's Industry, Trade, Energy, Small and Medium Enterprises Committee, he reflected new projects supporting Naju's new energy industry and Hwasun's bio-strategic industry in next year's government budget.

Representative new projects for Naju City include ▲Innovation City Living SOC Complex Project such as Public Libraries (4.7 billion KRW) ▲Construction of Medium and Large Secondary Battery Material and Component Testing and Evaluation Center (5 billion KRW) ▲Technology Development and Demonstration of EV-ESS Used Battery Application Products (3 billion KRW) ▲Technology Development for Remanufacturing of Aged Power Equipment (3 billion KRW).

For Hwasun County, projects include ▲Establishment of National Immunotherapy Platform (5.8 billion KRW) ▲Advanced Precision Medical Industrialization Platform (5 billion KRW) ▲Creation of Medical-Linked Forest Healing Facilities Project (2.3 billion KRW) ▲Functional Home Meal Replacement Demonstration and Commercialization Support Center (0.5 billion KRW).

Additionally, the second phase of the Honam High-Speed Railway project connecting Naju Gomakwon, Muan Airport, and Mokpo secured 200 billion KRW, the first phase of the Gwangju-Wando Expressway construction secured 104.6 billion KRW, and the Gyeongjeon Line high-speed rail project connecting Gwangju Songjeong, Naju, Hwasun, and Suncheon secured 18.7 billion KRW in design costs, allowing the project to take its first step.

Projects such as the Private School Pension Childcare Facility (3.9 billion KRW), Korea Polytechnics Power Technology Center Construction (0.7 billion KRW), and Ungok-dong Livestock Manure Public Treatment Facility Improvement Project (0.35 billion KRW) were reportedly included after Congressman Shin personally met and persuaded Ministry of Economy and Finance budget officials.

Other major pending projects reflected include ▲Development of Core Technology for Intelligent Low-Voltage Direct Current (8.4 billion KRW) ▲Construction of Energy-ICT Convergence Knowledge Industry Center (4.1 billion KRW) ▲Improvement of National Road No. 23 Donggang-School Section (5.1 billion KRW) ▲Establishment of Vaccine Global Industrialization Base Project (4.1 billion KRW) ▲Construction of National Vaccine Safety Technology Support Center (5.8 billion KRW) ▲Road Improvement Construction of National Road No. 22 Hwasun Dong-myeon-Suncheon Juam Section (8 billion KRW).

Congressman Shin Jeong-hoon said, “I aimed to firmly secure the projects requested by Naju City and Hwasun County in next year's government budget proposal, and especially tried to reflect as many new projects as possible. Moving forward, I will make every effort to secure additional national budgets together with Naju City and Hwasun County during the National Assembly review stage.”

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