Assemblyman Song Gap-seok: "Honam Region Industrial Complexes Have 47% Aging Rate... Highest Among 5 Zones"

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Yoon Jamin] It has been revealed that the oldest industrial complexes over 20 years old are most densely distributed in the Honam region among the five regions. The Honam region also recorded the highest number of casualties caused by accidents in aged industrial complexes among the five regions.

On the 13th, Song Gap-seok, a member of the National Assembly (Democratic Party of Korea, Gwangju Seo-gu Gap), analyzed the 'Nationwide Industrial Complex Aging Status' data submitted by the Korea Industrial Complex Corporation and found that as of June, 96 out of 205 industrial complexes in the entire Honam region, accounting for 47%, were classified as aged.

Among them, the Gwangju industrial complex recorded an aging rate of 58.33%, with 7 out of 12 complexes classified as aged. In Jeonnam, 45 out of 105 complexes (43%) were aged, and in Jeonbuk, 44 out of 88 complexes (50%) were classified as aged. The Chungcheong region and Gangwon-Jeju followed with 40.7% and 40.5%, respectively.

The number of casualties caused by accidents in aged industrial complexes was also highest in the Honam region.

From 2015 to June of this year, 239 casualties occurred in 166 accidents in industrial complexes in the Honam region.

In the Seoul metropolitan area, where the number of accidents was the highest, there were 47 casualties in 411 accidents, recording 0.11 casualties per accident. In contrast, the Honam region recorded 1.44 casualties per accident, which is 13 times higher than the metropolitan area.

Assemblyman Song Gap-seok said, “To strengthen the competitiveness of regional industrial complexes, it is necessary to expand support such as factory modernization, industry upgrading, and infrastructure expansion,” and added, “We must continuously promote industrial complex regeneration and innovation projects so that experienced aged industrial complexes can become a catalyst for job creation and regional economic development.”

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