Muju-gun Accelerates the Rural Agreement Project!

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[Muju=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Han-ho] Muju County announced on the 3rd that it has signed a business agreement with the Jeonbuk Regional Headquarters of the Korea Rural Community Corporation (Director Yang Jeong-hee) to promote the Rural Agreement Project and establish a regional development cooperation system, and will actively proceed with the Rural Agreement Project.

Through this business agreement, Muju County and the Jeonbuk Regional Headquarters of the Rural Community Corporation promised to continuously cooperate not only in project implementation but also to promote balanced development of rural areas in Muju County, enhance the value of rural communities, and improve the quality of life of local residents.

Prior to this, the two organizations established a Rural Spatial Strategy Plan (2020) and a Rural Living Zone Revitalization Plan (5 years) starting from September 2020 to apply for the Rural Agreement, and were finally selected in the evaluation by the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs in June this year.

Muju County is currently supplementing the Rural Agreement project plan through an advisory meeting composed of experts from the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, and once consultations are completed, it plans to accelerate project implementation from the first half of next year.

Hwang In-hong, the governor of Muju County, said, "We are very concerned and worried about population decline and aging," and added, "We hope the successful promotion of the Rural Agreement Project and the active support of the Rural Community Corporation will serve as a timely relief to solve rural problems."

Yang Jeong-hee, director of the Jeonbuk Regional Headquarters, responded, "Through this business agreement, we will do our best to make Muju County residents healthy and happy."

Meanwhile, the Rural Agreement is a project aimed at improving rural living conditions and boosting economic vitality, where the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs and local governments sign agreements to establish policy cooperation governance and achieve various policy goals according to the development directions set by local governments.

As Muju County was selected for the government’s Rural Agreement public project, it can receive up to 30 billion KRW in national funding over five years from 2022 to 2026.

Muju=Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Han-ho stonepeak@asiae.co.kr

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