Gyeongnam Governor Kim Kyung-soo Expresses Ambition to "Turn Crisis into Opportunity and Build a Greater Gyeongnam"

Mentioning the Direction of Next Year's Projects Through the New Year's Address

Kim Kyung-soo, Governor of Gyeongnam Province.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Saeyan] Kim Kyung-soo, Governor of Gyeongnam Province, announced a New Year's address on the 30th with the determination to "Turn crisis into opportunity! Open a bigger Gyeongnam, a bigger future."

Governor Kim began his New Year's greeting by saying, "I sincerely thank the frontline medical staff and field officials for quarantine against the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19), the self-employed and small business owners who cooperated with quarantine and endured sacrifices, and the residents of the province who gathered warm hearts."

He emphasized raising Gyeongnam's future competitiveness through the province's key projects: ▲Southeast Mega City ▲Promotion of Special Youth and Education Talent Province ▲Gyeongnam-type 3 Major New Deals ▲Completion of the 2050 Carbon Neutral Roadmap responding to the climate crisis.

Through the full-scale promotion of the Southeast Mega City next year, he expressed his determination to "make Gyeongnam, Busan, and Ulsan a one-hour living zone and promote a Southeast regional special union that can advance economic, living, tourism, and cultural communities."

He also revealed that the new year will be a year to lay the foundation for building another metropolitan area, the Southeast Mega City.

With the full-scale promotion of the Special Youth Province and Special Education Talent Province, he said, "We will cultivate a large number of future talents leading the New Deal," and added, "We will surely create a Gyeongnam where youth want to live and where talents leading advanced future industries abound by combining the power of the public, private, industry, and academia."

Regarding the Gyeongnam-type 3 Major New Deals?Smart, Green, and Social New Deals?he said, "We will enhance Gyeongnam's future competitiveness through concrete achievements."

On responding to the climate crisis, Governor Kim expressed his ambition, saying, "We will complete the 2050 Carbon Neutral Roadmap and transform living spaces and urban infrastructure into eco-friendly ones, as well as expand renewable energy and recycling," and he conveyed that they will prepare for a major social transformation by introducing a climate crisis impact assessment system.

Finally, he concluded his New Year's address by saying, "We are struggling to overcome the difficult hurdle of the third wave of COVID-19," and "Together with the residents, we will welcome the hope that will come like new buds in spring at the end of this hardship."

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