Wando-gun Secures 232.6 Billion Won in National and Provincial Funds for Next Year, Boosting Key Projects
Accelerating the Promotion of Marine Healing Industry and Seaweed Bioindustry
[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Choi Kyung-pil] Wando-gun, Jeollanam-do (Governor Shin Woo-cheol) announced on the 3rd that it secured 232.6 billion KRW in national treasury project funds for next year, enabling accelerated progress on pending projects.
Next year's national and provincial subsidy projects in Wando-gun account for 44% of the total budget scale.
Despite difficulties due to COVID-19, the county made great efforts by repeatedly visiting central government ministries and the National Assembly since early this year to actively propose that pending projects and future strategic projects be reflected in next year's budget.
As a result, Wando-gun secured 9.3 billion KRW in national funds as the final year project cost out of the 32 billion KRW budget for constructing the Marine Healing Center, a core facility of the marine healing industry for Wando-gun’s centennial plan, enabling completion as scheduled next year.
Along with the marine healing industry, Wando-gun is also focusing on fostering the marine bio industry specialized in seaweed, securing 500 million KRW in national funds for next year's detailed design costs to build a certified production facility for seaweed bioactive materials with an investment of 25 billion KRW.
Additionally, it secured 2 billion KRW in national funds for hosting the Wando International Seaweed Expo and 400 million KRW in national funds for the detailed design costs of a dedicated feed factory for juvenile abalone.
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Governor Shin Woo-cheol said, “As a result of our multifaceted efforts to secure national funds, we have achieved valuable results that will give momentum to the promotion of our county’s growth engine projects,” and added, “Since the budget was secured with difficulty, we will do our best to ensure the projects are successfully carried out.”
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