Gyeongbuk Province Holds 12th On-Site Meeting of 'Saebaram Happiness Bus' in Goryeong County

The topic of the meeting is 'Let's Definitely Revitalize the Energy (Gi) of Gyeongbuk's Root Industries'

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Choi Jae-ho] Gyeongsangbuk-do will hold the twelfth 'Saebaram Happiness Bus On-site Meeting' at 3 p.m. on the 27th at Dasan Administrative Complex in Goryeong-gun.

The on-site meeting will be held under the theme "Let's Revitalize the Spirit of Gyeongbuk Root Industry" with about 40 participants including Governor Lee Cheol-woo, Goryeong County Mayor Kwak Yong-hwan, representatives of root industry companies such as casting, mold, and machinery, as well as heads of institutions and social organizations.

During the "Time for Suggestions and Responses on Livelihood Difficulties," personally chaired by Governor Lee Cheol-woo, it is expected that representatives of root industry companies facing difficulties due to decreased sales caused by soaring logistics costs amid COVID-19 and labor shortages of foreign workers will present their concerns.

Regarding prior inquiries about "Support for Small Manufacturing Companies," Governor Lee conveyed plans to implement the "Small Business Operating Fund Interest Subsidy" project, which supports part of the loan interest (2%) for one year with a scale of 300 billion KRW for 11 industries including manufacturing, and to take measures through supplementary budgets in the second half of the year to enable more manufacturing companies to receive operating funds support.

Additionally, he promised to support overseas logistics costs up to 10 million KRW through the Small and Medium Enterprise International Express EMS Overseas Logistics Cost Support Project (140 million KRW) and the 'Export Competitiveness Enhancement Project' (250 million KRW), and to actively consider expanding logistics cost support for domestic companies in cooperation with city and county governments.

Governor Lee Cheol-woo emphasized, "Due to the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic, sales of root industry companies have significantly decreased, and the labor shortage has worsened due to the group infection of foreign workers in March. We will mobilize all possible measures to help the root industry rise again."

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