Park Wansu, Governor-elect of Gyeongnam Province, "Core Economic Recovery and Job Creation in the 8th Elected Administration"

Park Wan-su, the governor-elect of Gyeongnam Province, is answering reporters' questions. / Photo by Ryeong Lee ryeong@

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Se-ryeong] Park Wan-su, the governor-elect of Gyeongnam Province, held a press conference at the Gyeongnam Provincial Office on the 7th to announce the formation of the transition committee.

On this day, Governor-elect Park Wan-su spoke about the announcement of the 'transition team from the start' members and the direction of provincial administration.

“This is not a formal transition team, but a practical team focused on experts who immediately handle practical work and create policy alternatives once the term begins,” he introduced the transition team.

The transition team consists of 10 members, two each in five divisions: Planning Coordination, Industrial Economy, Construction Safety, Culture Welfare, and Agriculture, Fisheries and Environment. Gyeongnam Province will support the transition team by dispatching 17 people, including 15 members with three per division and two for operational support.

Governor-elect Park identified economic recovery and job creation as the core policies of the 8th term provincial administration.

He said, “To recover the economy and create jobs, attracting corporate investment and startups are important,” adding, “The scale and location of the Gyeongnam Investment Agency will also be reviewed by the transition team.”

He also stated, “The biggest reason young people leave Gyeongnam is that they cannot find jobs,” and announced, “We will establish a youth policy committee directly under the governor to comprehensively discuss and resolve youth support policies such as income generation, job creation, and housing issues for local youth.”

Regarding the so-called Bu-Ul-Gyeong Mega City, known as the Bu-Ul-Gyeong Special Union, he said, “We will gather and organize specific details and the positions of residents and municipalities in western Gyeongnam,” and added, “Recently, I met with Park Hyung-joon, the mayor-elect of Busan, and we discussed having the three city mayors and the governor meet to discuss each of their positions and directions for promotion.”

The governor-elect emphasized that any wrongdoings in the Masan Robot Land and Jinhae Ungdong District development projects will be corrected immediately.

“I will find out why the Masan Robot Land project ended up in litigation,” he said, adding, “It is also necessary to revitalize the project as originally intended and enable the business operator to carry out the work.”

“The development issue in Jinhae-gu Ungdong is complicated with various problems involving residents, business operators, Gyeongnam Province, Changwon City, and the development corporation, so it is difficult to speak about it from a single perspective,” he explained. “We need to comprehensively assess issues related to the land received by residents in Jinhae, agreements with business operators, and organize them accordingly.”

The Gyeongnam Governor transition team plans to focus on setting the direction for the 8th term provincial administration, discovering key policies by sector, selecting urgent tasks, organizing pledge implementation, and securing budgets by the end of this month before Governor-elect Park’s inauguration.

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