Yoon Seok-yeol: "I Will Develop Gwangju into South Korea's Silicon Valley"

Plan to Build Gwangju~Yeongam 'Autobahn'
Establishing a Future-Oriented Auto Parts Specialized Complex

Yoon Seok-yeol, the People Power Party's presidential candidate [Image source=Yonhap News]

[Asia Economy Reporter Hyunju Lee] Yoon Seok-yeol, the presidential candidate of the People Power Party, announced on the 6th that he will strengthen the AI industry ecosystem and develop Gwangju into the "Silicon Valley of South Korea."

Visiting Gwangju, Candidate Yoon stated, "We will build an AI cluster and establish an AI semiconductor specialized complex to develop Gwangju into an AI metaverse convergence city."

He also promised ▲national industry-specific AI commercialization ▲establishment of an industry-academia-research cluster linking the National Data Center and Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology ▲founding of an AI gifted high school ▲AI-Metaverse-Coding Olympiad, among other initiatives.

He plans to construct a 47 km section connecting Gwangju and Yeongam in Jeonnam, which has an F1 racetrack, in the style of Germany's unrestricted speed highway, the "Autobahn," to be used as a testbed for autonomous vehicles.

Additionally, he will build the "Southwest Radiation Medical Center" to provide medical services and establish a future-oriented automobile materials, parts, and equipment specialized complex and a vehicle power semiconductor cluster centered around the Bitgreen National Industrial Complex.

He also revealed plans to expedite the construction of the "Dalbit High-Speed Railway" connecting Gwangju and Daegu and to integrate the functions of Gwangju's private airport with Muan International Airport.

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