Jeonnam Governor Kim Young-rok Busy Addressing Key Regional Issues

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Yoon Jamin] Kim Young-rok, Governor of Jeonnam Province, met with Lee Hak-young, Chairman of the National Assembly Industry Committee, to actively request support in resolving key regional issues.

According to Jeonnam Province on the 6th, Governor Kim explained four key issues of Jeonnam Province: ▲ the enactment of the ‘KEPCO University Special Act’ ▲ promotion of Jeonnam-type win-win jobs under the Green New Deal ▲ support for the Yeosu Myodo ‘Northeast Asia LNG Hub Terminal’ project ▲ support for the promotion of Jeonnam industrial complex grand remodeling.

Governor Kim said, “KEPCO University is proceeding with procedures such as securing the school corporation establishment permit, securing teachers, and campus design to open in March 2022,” and requested, “Please promptly enact the KEPCO University Special Act to provide a basis for stable financial support so that the opening can proceed without any setbacks.”

He continued, “The large-scale offshore wind power complex is a representative project of the government’s Green New Deal,” and said, “We ask the National Assembly and government to actively support preemptive national investment in offshore wind power joint connection facilities, exemption from preliminary feasibility studies for support piers and rear complexes for the complex construction.”

He also stated, “To create an offshore wind power complex that coexists with fishermen whose lives depend on the sea, practical support for nearby residents is necessary, so please raise the offshore wind power support payment rate from the current 24% to 60%.”

For the smooth promotion of the 1.3 trillion won Yeosu Myodo Northeast Asia LNG Hub Terminal project, which attracted private investment in May, he emphasized, “Additional approval of construction plans for three LNG tanks and the use of Korea Gas Corporation’s shared pipeline network are essential.”

Along with this, regarding the large-scale government public offering project selected in May, the industrial complex grand remodeling project, he said, “The project to remodel the Yeosu and Gwangyang National Industrial Complexes and Yulchon 1st Industrial Complex, which urgently need safety and environmental improvements and old industrial complex maintenance, into low-carbon intelligent materials and parts complexes must proceed smoothly,” and requested, “Please include next year’s national budget projects such as securing structural stability of the shared pipe rack at Yeosu National Industrial Complex, the core project of Jeonnam industrial complex grand remodeling, establishing a materials and parts process innovation simulation center, and establishing a secondary battery recycling standard certification platform.”

In response, Lee Hak-young, Chairman of the National Assembly Industry Committee, reportedly expressed deep sympathy and stated his intention to provide maximum support at the committee level.

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