Jokyuil Jinju Mayor, Full-Scale Promotion of Green Bioindustry Development

"Strengthening Urban Competitiveness by Attracting the 'Green Bio Venture Campus'"

Joo Kyu-il, mayor of Jinju City, Gyeongnam, is making an official announcement about actively attracting the green bio industry.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Choi Soon-kyung] Jo Gyu-il, mayor of Jinju City, Gyeongnam Province, is actively pursuing the attraction of the ‘Green Bio Venture Campus’ to invigorate the Western Gyeongnam Anti-aging and Bio Cluster and secure future new growth engines.

On December 21 last year, the government explained the ‘New Growth 4.0 Strategy’ and announced 15 core projects at the ‘2023 Economic Policy Direction Joint Briefing of Related Ministries’ held at the Government Seoul Office to secure growth engines centered on future industries.

In the agriculture and fisheries sector, the only included project was ‘Smart Agriculture and Fisheries,’ which focuses on ▲private-led urban complex vertical farm construction ▲large-scale smart farm and smart aquaculture cluster establishment ▲food tech promotion.

Recently, Minister Jeong Hwang-geun of the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs stated in his New Year’s address that he would actively foster the green bio industry, which combines agriculture and bio technology, to fulfill its role as a foundational industry of the national economy.

Mayor Jo said, “This year, by attracting the Green Bio Venture Campus, we will build a Western Gyeongnam Anti-aging and Bio Cluster that bio companies can tangibly experience,” adding, “By fostering the green bio industry, a sector of food tech, we will create new value and jobs in agriculture and rural areas and strengthen urban competitiveness through sustainable agriculture.”

The city has not only greatly contributed to the growth of bio companies by enacting the ‘Jinju City Ordinance on the Promotion and Support of the Bio Industry’ and the ‘Foundation Establishment and Operation Ordinance of Jinju Bio Industry Promotion Agency,’ but has also devoted itself to fostering the bio industry through education, business partnerships, and symposiums for nurturing talent in the green bio field.

Professor Park Ki-hoon of the Department of Environmental Life Chemistry at Gyeongsang National University said, “Attracting the Green Bio Venture Campus will transform Jinju’s industry and economy into something bigger and stronger,” and added, “I hope Jinju City fulfills its role as the central city of Western Gyeongnam.”

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