The Blueprint for the Future of Western Gyeongnam Will Be Released Within This Year

Gyeongnam Development Strategy. (Photo by Gyeongnam Provincial Government)

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Sang-hyun] A blueprint for the development of the western Gyeongnam region is expected to be released within this year.

Gyeongnam Province announced on the 29th that it plans to release next month the "Research Service for Western Gyeongnam Development Strategy and Performance Expansion," which has been underway since May to prepare a comprehensive and systematic strategy for the development of western Gyeongnam.

The plan includes diagnosis and improvement of major policy situations for western Gyeongnam development, strategies to strengthen the regional industrial ecosystem, and a systematic development strategy linking western region projects with higher-level and related plans.

In particular, Gyeongnam Province stated that this research service will contain a development strategy limited to western Gyeongnam.

It includes the establishment of an aviation-specialized cluster linked to the region’s specialized aviation industry, the creation of a support network for public institution-linked departments (regional universities) relocated to the Bu-Ul-Gyeong Innovation City, the establishment of the Gyeongnam Aerospace Specialized Education Center, the establishment of a research center for electronic components for future small aircraft, the construction of a comprehensive control tower for anti-aging in Gyeongnam Province, and the establishment of a big data-based AI natural material production support platform.

This strategy aims to build a virtuous cycle ecosystem centered on the Gyeongnam Innovation City and to effectively grow the entire western Gyeongnam region in connection with the Bu-Ul-Gyeong Mega City.

Lee In-sook, Director of the Western Balanced Development Bureau of the province, said, "The research service, which will be completed in December, will serve as a cornerstone for balanced development, making western Gyeongnam an important development axis of the Bu-Ul-Gyeong Mega City and turning Gyeongnam into a region where all areas prosper evenly."

Meanwhile, the province proposed four strategies and sixteen tasks as upcoming presidential election pledges, including strengthening the core city functions of western Gyeongnam and fostering new hubs, advancing the structure of the aerospace industry, discovering new future industries for western Gyeongnam, and establishing a one-hour living zone transportation network centered on western Gyeongnam connecting Yeongnam and Honam regions.

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