Gwangju and Jeonnam City and Provincial Council Members Jointly Urge Designation of Semiconductor Specialized Complex

Members of the Gwangju Metropolitan Council and Jeonnam Provincial Council have rolled up their sleeves to secure the designation of the Gwangju-Jeonnam semiconductor specialized complex.

On the 15th, council members from both cities and provinces issued a joint statement at the Jeonnam Nano Bio Research Center, strongly urging the government to designate Gwangju and Jeonnam as a ‘semiconductor specialized complex.’

The council members emphasized, “We possess the nation’s top-level renewable energy resources and can achieve rapid policy effects through securing the target site,” adding, “With the selection of the semiconductor joint research institute project and the availability of talent and infrastructure, Gwangju and Jeonnam are the centers of next-generation advanced strategic industries.”

They continued, “Without balanced development, we cannot discuss the future and hope of the Republic of Korea,” and added, “The designation of the Gwangju-Jeonnam semiconductor specialized complex is a campaign pledge of the Yoon Suk-yeol administration and can become a core model for national balanced development by overcoming the crisis of local extinction.”

So far, Gwangju City and Jeonnam Province have actively worked to attract the specialized complex as the first mutual cooperation agenda of the 8th local government administration.

The Gwangju and Jeonnam councils have completed institutional arrangements through the enactment of the ‘Semiconductor Industry Promotion and Support Ordinance,’ respectively, and in March adopted the ‘Proposal for the Designation of the Gwangju-Jeonnam Semiconductor Specialized Complex,’ which was delivered to the Presidential Office and other agencies.

Meanwhile, with the government’s announcement of the national advanced strategic industry specialized complex evaluation scheduled for July, 15 local governments nationwide are fiercely competing for the semiconductor specialized complex designation. If Gwangju and Jeonnam are designated, semiconductor industry infrastructure of approximately 6,000㎡ will be established in the advanced 1st and 3rd districts by 2030.

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