Yeosu-si Selects 50 Items as First Return Gifts for 'Hometown Love Donation'

Outstanding Local Specialties Like Gatkimchi, Anchovies, and Fish Sets Draw Attention... Supplier Recruitment Announced

[Yeosu=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Choi Cheol-hoon] Jeollanam-do Yeosu City (Mayor Jeong Gi-myeong) announced that it has selected 50 items including Gatkimchi set, anchovy set, and fish set as the first return gifts for the ‘Hometown Love Donation System’ to be implemented from January next year.

According to the city, on the 7th, the ‘1st Return Gift Selection Committee’ was held in the city hall situation room, where deliberations on the selection of return gifts and the recruitment of suppliers were conducted.

The committee evaluated the pre-selected items through online surveys and recommendations from related departments, considering factors such as regional representativeness, stability, donation inducement effect, and contribution to the local economy.

Additionally, discussions continued on the recruitment procedures for local suppliers and specific selection plans, including 15 kimchi companies and 3 to 5 companies for other items.

Accordingly, the city plans to announce the items, qualifications, and required documents for supplier selection from November 8 to 21 (14 days), and accept applications for two days from the 22nd to 23rd.

The city will finalize the selection of suppliers through the 2nd Return Gift Selection Committee and proceed with necessary procedures such as registering the return gifts in the ‘Hometown Love e-um System’.

Mayor Jeong Gi-myeong emphasized, “The ‘Hometown Love Donation System’ allows donations to any local government other than the one where the donor resides, not necessarily their hometown. Therefore, selecting high-quality and diverse return gifts is very important.”

He added, “We ask for active participation from local specialty product companies, and we will do our best to develop distinctive return gifts so that more people continue to donate to our city.”

Yeosu City plans to separately recruit in the initially selected fields (such as village enterprises) and select innovative products from social economy enterprises that process and develop local agricultural specialties (gat, mugwort, corn, bangpung, etc.).

Yeosu=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Choi Cheol-hoon hss79@asiae.co.kr

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