Jeonnam Governor Kim Young-rok Requests Cooperation from People Power Party for Issue Resolution and National Budget Support

Attended the 'Honam Region Budget Policy Council'... Proposed Semiconductor Specialized Complex and National Medical School

[Muan=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Yoon Jamin] Kim Young-rok, Governor of Jeonnam Province, requested active cooperation and support at the party level for regional issues and next year's national budget support, including the establishment of a semiconductor specialized complex and a national medical school, at the ‘People Power Party-Honam Region Budget Policy Council’ held at Gwangju Metropolitan City Hall on the 18th.

Attending the council were Governor Kim, Gwangju Mayor Kang Ki-jung, Jeonbuk Governor Kim Kwan-young, People Power Party Acting Party Leader and Floor Leader Kwon Seong-dong, Policy Committee Chairman Sung Il-jong, Jeonnam Party Chairman Kim Hwa-jin, Senior Deputy Floor Leader Song Eon-seok, Budget Committee Secretary Kim Seong-won, Floor Spokesperson Yang Geum-hee, and National Assembly member Lee Yong-ho, among others.

Acting Leader Kwon Seong-dong emphasized, “We will maximize the advantages of Naro Space Center and continuously expand infrastructure (SOC) such as high-speed rail and highway construction and port modernization,” adding, “We will also actively support the development of regional specialized industries such as aerospace and eco-friendly renewable energy.”

He also promised, “In overcoming crises amid difficult domestic and international conditions, the central and local governments must unite as one,” and “We will communicate and cooperate with the regions and work harder for regional development and national integration.”

Governor Kim Young-rok said, “The People Power Party Floor Leader and key party officials visited Honam first,” and “Since the president-elect showed a firm will for regional development to create livable local areas everywhere during the presidential election period, we will actively cooperate in overcoming the local extinction crisis under the new government.”

As policy issues, he stressed the necessity of ▲establishing a semiconductor specialized complex in Gwangju and Jeonnam ▲establishing a national medical school in Jeonnam ▲enacting a special law to establish an integrated organization for offshore wind power permits and approvals ▲exemption from preliminary feasibility study for the Jeolla Line (Iksan-Yeosu) high-speed railway ▲reflecting the Gwangju-Yeongam ultra-highway in the national plan ▲expanding the local extinction response fund (from 1 trillion won to 5 trillion won) ▲relocation of public institutions such as the central offices of NongHyup and SuHyup ▲and expanding national support for local roads and rivers.

For projects to be included in next year’s government budget, he requested ▲establishing a basic plan for southern region wide-area tourism development worth over 3 trillion won and confirming leading projects ▲creating an agricultural and food climate change response center ▲establishing a national subtropical arboretum ▲creating a space science launch vehicle theme park ▲prompt promotion of Heuksan Airport construction ▲building a national Mahan history and culture center and comprehensive maintenance of the historical and cultural zone ▲establishing a Gwangju-Jeonnam advanced medical complex ▲creating an advanced agricultural industry convergence complex ▲building a southern coastal elastic material belt ▲creating a national tidal flat wetland garden ▲and establishing a national cardiovascular and cerebrovascular research institute.

Regarding the first Gwangju-Jeonnam mutual cooperation project, the semiconductor specialized complex, he said, “Semiconductor production facilities are the most necessary for balanced regional development and future youth jobs, moving away from concentration in the metropolitan area,” and requested, “Gwangju and Jeonnam are optimal locations with easy industrial site acquisition, abundant water supply, ultra-high voltage power grid opening, and easy workforce acquisition through cooperation among local universities. Please actively support the establishment of a system semiconductor complex in Gwangju and Jeonnam.”

Regarding the establishment of a national medical school in Jeonnam, he said, “Severe emergency patients are heavily outflowing to other regions, resulting in medical expenses reaching 1.5 trillion won,” and urged, “As Jeonnam is the only province without a medical school and a tertiary general hospital, please work to promptly establish a national medical school as a control tower overseeing public healthcare.”

Regarding the enactment of a special law on offshore wind power, he said, “Due to about ten complicated permit and approval procedures scattered across central government departments, it takes an average of more than five years just for permits and approvals,” and requested, “Please promptly enact a special law on wind power development in the National Assembly to establish a one-stop dedicated organization for permits and approvals.”

On rice supply and price stabilization measures, he emphasized, “Recently, rice prices have fallen to the 170,000 won level, causing great distress to farmers,” and stressed, “Since there are currently 300,000 tons of old rice stockpiles, and rice prices are expected to fall when new rice is shipped, all stockpiles should be purchased by September, and the expected oversupply should be isolated from the market through public stockpiling purchase methods.”

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