Park Myung-jin Unanimously Elected as Chairman of Gimhae Chamber of Commerce and Industry

Park Myung-jin, chairman of Goryeo Development, was appointed as the 13th president of the Gimhae Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Gyeongnam.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Sang-hyun] The Gimhae Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Gyeongnam held a temporary general meeting on the 18th and reappointed the current chairman Park Myung-jin (58) as the 13th chairman.

Chairman Park was unanimously re-elected in a vote attended by 70 out of about 80 executives. Having served as chairman since March 2018, Park will lead the Gimhae Chamber of Commerce until March 2024 with this reappointment.

Chairman Park’s reappointment is interpreted as the chamber members’ desire to secure continuity of existing chamber projects and stabilize chamber activities amid increasing uncertainty in the business environment due to COVID-19. Additionally, Park’s efforts to strengthen communication, provide various support, and engage in external activities have been evaluated as significantly enhancing the status of the Gimhae Chamber. His term with this reappointment will last until March 2024.

During his 12th term, Chairman Park prioritized communication and harmony among companies as the highest values, personally visiting about 1,000 member companies and 25 corporate councils in Gimhae to listen to and resolve business difficulties.

In particular, he established a Management Difficulty Counseling Center staffed with advisory committees in administration, technology, environment, fire safety, labor, taxation, and law to promptly and comfortably resolve individual company issues, solving over 460 cases. To create local employment, he organized large-scale job fairs under the chamber’s leadership, providing job opportunities to local companies and over 2,000 job seekers.

Furthermore, in 2018, to nurture the next generation of business leaders in Gimhae’s economy, he founded the Gimhae Future Business Leaders Club, where about 100 members engage in networking and company visits, receiving practical management education on-site. This year, a systematic management training program will be sequentially established.

In the new term, the chamber plans to significantly strengthen its corporate support functions. To help local companies efficiently cope with various regulations and laws restricting business activities, the counseling center will be expanded from 7 to 14 fields, adding finance, accounting, management strategy, information convergence, patents, production management, and import/export, preparing for the new business environment and proactively supporting corporate needs such as mergers and acquisitions.

Chairman Park stated, “In the post-COVID era of digital transformation, I hope to support local SMEs to respond quickly and seize opportunities amid changes.”

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