Wando-gun Wins Encouragement Award for Jeollanam-do Investment Attraction
Despite Difficult Conditions Due to COVID-19, Investment Agreements Worth a Total of 316 Billion KRW Signed
In June, Wando County signed a business agreement with W Island Co., Ltd. to revitalize the marine healing industry. (Photo by Wando County)
View original image[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Choi Kyung-pil] Wando-gun, Jeollanam-do (Governor Shin Woo-cheol) announced on the 23rd that it received the Encouragement Award in the ‘2020 Jeollanam-do Investment Attraction Awards’ city and county evaluation held on the 22nd.
The ‘2020 Jeollanam-do Investment Attraction Awards’ evaluates the performance over one year in eight categories including pure investment attraction achievements, creation of investment attraction conditions, and general investment attraction administration for 22 cities and counties within the province.
In September, the county completed the ‘Basic Investment Attraction Plan’ to establish a systematic private investment attraction strategy and formed a private investment attraction T/F team to lay the foundation for investment attraction.
Especially this year, despite the difficult conditions caused by the contraction of domestic and international investment sentiment due to COVID-19, the county signed investment agreements (MOU) with three companies in the resort and hotel sectors, totaling 316 billion KRW and creating 600 jobs.
Additionally, the county enhanced its achievements by promoting strategic investment attraction activities linked to the marine healing industry, a future key project of the county, such as signing a business agreement with Botamedi Co., Ltd. to revitalize the marine bioindustry.
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An Hwan-ok, head of the Marine Healing Division, said, “Next year, we plan to carry out thorough investment attraction activities through various non-face-to-face methods such as online investment attraction briefings. We will do our best to attract investments centered on the marine healing industry and marine bioindustry in line with government policies, industrial trends, and investment trends in the post-COVID era.”
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