Sacheon Mayor Park Dongsik Holds Meeting Invited by Gyeongnam Provincial Council Chairpersons

Government Reaffirms Policy to Establish Aerospace Agency in Sacheon

Holding a roundtable meeting with the leadership of the Gyeongnam Provincial Council

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Choi Soon-kyung] The wide-ranging efforts of Park Dong-sik, mayor of Sacheon City, Gyeongnam Province, in the 8th term of direct elections to establish the Aerospace Administration early in Sacheon continue relentlessly.

On the 1st, Mayor Park held a roundtable meeting with the 12th Gyeongnam Provincial Council chairpersons at the Gyeongnam Technopark Aerospace Center, introducing Sacheon's aerospace industry capabilities and sharing current issues related to the Aerospace Administration.

This invited roundtable was arranged to expand momentum for promotion through shared understanding with the provincial council, following the final confirmation of the "Establishment of the Aerospace Administration in Sacheon" as one of the government's top 120 national tasks at the Cabinet meeting on July 26.

Chairman Kim Jin-bu of the Provincial Council and other chairpersons shared the recognition that Gyeongnam Province, the Gyeongnam Provincial Council, and Sacheon City must cooperate jointly to propose the amendment of the government organization act for the establishment of the Aerospace Administration.

They visited the construction site of the Gyeongnam Aerospace National Industrial Complex Sacheon District and agreed on the necessity of focused nurturing of the aerospace industry, which will become another wing of Gyeongnam’s manufacturing industry as a new industrial hub in western Gyeongnam. The Sacheon District of the Gyeongnam Aerospace National Industrial Complex is scheduled for completion in 2023.

The first step in Mayor Park’s wide-ranging efforts to establish the Aerospace Administration early in Sacheon was forming a consensus with Park Wan-su, governor-elect of Gyeongnam, on June 28, asking him to draw a big picture for the development of the aerospace industry.

Also, on July 12, together with National Assembly member Ha Young-je, he directly met with Minister Lee Jong-ho of the Ministry of Science and ICT, emphasizing Sacheon’s aerospace industry capabilities and requesting prompt establishment.

He attended the Aerospace Development Seminar hosted by Representative Ha and the Korea Defense MICE Research Institute, and also met with Kwon Young-se, Minister of Unification and former vice chairman of the 20th Presidential Transition Committee.

Mayor Park requested the government’s interest and cooperation for fostering Sacheon’s aerospace industry as a model case of balanced regional development.

Mayor Park said, “The Aerospace Administration and the aerospace industry are the future that will continue the lineage of Gyeongnam’s manufacturing industries such as machinery and shipbuilding, which have greatly contributed to Korea’s economic development,” and requested, “Please actively support the prompt establishment of the Aerospace Administration.”

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