Kim Won-i, Member of the National Assembly, 'All-Out Effort to Include Mokpo in Presidential Election Pledges'

Emphasizing Local Situations Including Presidential Candidate Lee Jae-myung's Visit to Mokpo on the 26th

Kim Won-i, Member of the National Assembly of the Democratic Party of Korea.

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Seung-hyun Jeong] Kim Won-i, a member of the Democratic Party of Korea and National Assembly member for Mokpo City, Jeollanam-do, is making every effort to reflect Mokpo City's local issues in the next government's national agenda and presidential election pledges ahead of the 20th presidential election.

First, on May 25, Kim formed a "Presidential Pledge TF Team" at the joint meeting of city and provincial council members of the Democratic Party's Mokpo City Regional Committee.

On July 3, he held the second party-government consultation meeting of 2021 with Mayor Kim Jong-sik of Mokpo and formed a party-government TF to discover and reflect regional pledges in preparation for the presidential election. After subsequent party-government TF meetings, the pledges were reflected in Jeollanam-do's presidential election promises.

Through this process, 14 policies across five sectors worth 25.06 trillion KRW were identified, including establishing a landmark hub station in the southwestern region of the Korean Peninsula and founding a National World Culinary School.

Mokpo City's local issues cover five areas: renewable energy, island and marine policies, SOC expansion, tourism and cultural project revitalization, and health and welfare. These were proposed as core tasks and regional development tasks within Jeollanam-do's "Excellent Jeonnam, Future Strategy."

The proposed pledges include establishing a landmark hub station in the southwestern region of the Korean Peninsula (major renovation of Mokpo Station), creating the Historic Old Town Mokpo, building the Kim Dae-jung Global Peace City, establishing a medical school at Mokpo National University and attracting a university hospital, creating a global cluster for eco-friendly ship industries, developing a green hydrogen-centered city linked to offshore wind power, founding a National Offshore Wind Energy Research Institute, building a southwestern coastal island and marine cluster, promoting the 2028 World Island Expo, establishing a National Seaweed Industry Support Center, founding a National World Culinary School, and constructing the Gunsan?Mokpo West Coast Railway.

Assemblyman Kim Won-i emphasized, "I will continue to listen to the opinions of citizens and experts," adding, "Together with Jeollanam-do and Mokpo City, I will do my best to ensure that Mokpo City's local issues are included in and promoted through the presidential election pledges."

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