Joo Kyu-il, Mayor of Jinju, Takes 'Broad Steps' to Resolve Current Issues

Jo Gyu-il, mayor of Jinju City in Gyeongnam Province, is continuing his extensive efforts to resolve local issues by meeting with key government officials.

On the 1st, Mayor Jo met consecutively with Park Jae-wan, former Minister of Strategy and Finance and chairman of the Economic Education Council, and Jang Young-jin, 1st Vice Minister of the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy, at Seoul Station and the Government Complex Seoul to propose Jinju’s pending projects.

First, at the meeting with former Minister Park, Mayor Jo requested participation in efforts to spread K-entrepreneurship, including the upcoming ‘K-Entrepreneurship Jinju International Forum’ to be held in July and the launch of the Jinju K-Entrepreneurship Foundation. He also proposed including the Jinju K-Entrepreneurship course in the government’s textbook revision and the introduction of the Korean-style Oslo Agenda aimed at nurturing future national core talents.

Joo Kyu-il, Mayor of Jinju City, Gyeongnam, is meeting with Jang Young-jin, 1st Vice Minister of the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy, to request the allocation of the national budget for next year.

Former Minister Park said, “We will cooperate on the K-Entrepreneurship Jinju International Forum and economic education. To spread K-Entrepreneurship in Jinju, we will actively work to sign a mutual business agreement with the Economic Education Council in the future.”

The Economic Education Council, chaired by former Minister Park, was established in 2017 to promote and raise awareness of economic education. It includes five economic organizations?the Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Korea Federation of SMEs, Korea International Trade Association, Korea Employers Federation, and Federation of Korean Industries?as well as 45 member organizations from public institutions and civic groups.

Next, Mayor Jo met with Jang Young-jin, 1st Vice Minister of the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy, to propose reflecting the ‘National Entrepreneurship History Museum’ in the Ministry’s ‘Industrial Transformation Project’ and to have the feasibility study included in next year’s national budget.

The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy is currently promoting the Industrial Transformation Project to fundamentally improve the economic system’s structure and has been operating the ‘Industrial Transformation Forum’ with economic organizations and private experts since February. The Ministry plans to policyize the industrial transformation strategy based on private proposals derived from the forum. The comprehensive strategy will be announced in May.

Mayor Jo also explained the need for government support for the AAM (Advanced Air Mobility) industrial ecosystem creation project, a future growth project for Jinju City, and proposed a new public contest project to promote the establishment of a ‘Future Aircraft (AAV) Safety Evaluation Center.’

Jinju City plans to build a testing and evaluation research facility that can conduct AAV safety evaluations and test flights in one place, linked with the rotary-wing flight center, creating synergy effects. The city aims to develop the Gasan General Industrial Complex into a ‘Safe AAV’ production base.

Additionally, Mayor Jo requested active interest and support to help the ‘K-Entrepreneurship Jinju International Forum’ held in July develop into an international forum attracting entrepreneurs from around the world.

In response, Vice Minister Jang said, “K-Entrepreneurship has notable value as a K-content that can continue the Korean Wave, like K-POP and K-dramas,” and added, “We will positively consider reflecting the feasibility study for the National Entrepreneurship History Museum in the budget.”

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