Jeonnam Governor Kim Young-rok and Anti-Corruption Commission Chairperson Jeon Hyun-hee Visit Seafood Sales Site

Encouragement for Stakeholders and Public Officials' Goodwill Gift Sharing Campaign for Lunar New Year Also Practiced

[Muan=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Yoon Jamin] Kim Young-rok, Governor of Jeonnam Province, and Jeon Hyun-hee, Chairperson of the Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission, inspected the seafood sales site in Yeonggwang ahead of the Lunar New Year holiday.

According to Jeonnam Province on the 3rd, the site visit was conducted to hear the opinions of farmers and fishermen following the increase in the gift limit for agricultural, livestock, and seafood products during the holiday, to check the sales effects of agricultural, livestock, and seafood products, and to implement the ‘Public Officials’ Lunar New Year Good Gift Sharing Campaign’ promoted by the Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission.

Governor Kim and Chairperson Jeon visited the Yeonggwang Fisheries Cooperative processing plant and Beopseongpo Gulbi Street, toured the gulbi processing and sales facilities, listened to on-site opinions regarding gulbi sales status, and encouraged the officials involved.

Additionally, by purchasing gulbi on Gulbi Street and donating it to welfare facilities in Yeonggwang County, they directly participated in the ‘Public Officials’ Lunar New Year Good Gift Sharing Campaign,’ in which public officials purchase agricultural, livestock, and seafood products and donate them to vulnerable groups.

So far, Jeonnam Province has continuously requested an increase in the holiday gift limit for agricultural, livestock, and seafood products to overcome the difficulties faced by the agriculture and fisheries industry due to the prolonged and strict ‘social distancing’ caused by COVID-19, together with agricultural and fisheries cooperatives and farmers’ organizations.

In response, the Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission gathered opinions from various sectors, revised the ‘Enforcement Decree of the Act on the Prohibition of Improper Solicitation and Graft,’ and temporarily raised the Lunar New Year gift limit from 100,000 won to 200,000 won until the 14th.

Jeon Hyun-hee, Chairperson of the Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission, said, “I hope this increase in the gift limit will help farmers and fishermen who will have a more difficult holiday than ever due to COVID-19,” and added, “We ask for much support and participation in the ‘Public Officials’ Lunar New Year Good Gift Sharing Campaign.’”

Jeonnam Governor Kim Young-rok stated, “I am grateful to Chairperson Jeon for responding to the demands of farmers and fishermen during the unprecedented crisis of COVID-19 by raising the gift limit for agricultural, livestock, and seafood products,” and said, “Jeonnam Province will actively participate in the sharing campaign together with cities and counties.”

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