Shinan-gun Wins Grand Prize at Local Contents Festa... First Implementation of Sunlight Pension

County Governor Park Woo-ryang: "We Strived to Exhibit and Promote Using Various Specialty Product Contents"

Shinan-gun, Jeollanam-do (Governor Park Woo-ryang) received the prestigious "Grand Prize" at the award ceremony of the "2023 Local Contents Festa," held for three days from the 31st of last month to the 2nd at the Suncheon Bay Ecological Culture Education Center.

According to the county on the 3rd, the 2023 Local Contents Festa is an expo aimed at promoting regional development, serving as a platform to share excellent contents from local governments nationwide, including renewable energy, culture, tourism, festivals, specialty products, and hometown love donation systems. The event featured promotional booths from 26 local governments and a talk show with about ten local government heads, including Gyeonggi Province Governor Kim Dong-yeon and Busan Mayor Park Hyung-joon.

Shinan-gun received the prestigious 'Grand Prize' at the 2023 Local Contents Festa Awards Ceremony.
[Photo by Shinan-gun]

Shinan-gun, which won the grand prize, operated a renewable energy project promotional booth featuring the solar pension and solar child allowance, the first of its kind among local governments nationwide, playing a significant role in revitalizing the region. In addition to specialty products such as sun-dried salt, Heuksan fermented skate, peanuts, and rice, various attractions and enjoyable items made from local specialties like island scorched rice, spinach pickles, and salt bread were exhibited, receiving great responses from visitors.

Furthermore, Park Woo-ryang, Governor of Shinan-gun, appeared in the relay talk show of local government heads to introduce Shinan-gun’s excellent policies and success stories, including the One Island One Museum project, One Island One Garden project, and solar pension payments. He was recognized for creating a new milestone for Korea by integrating innovative ideas with the region’s unique characteristics and resources to overcome the population extinction crisis and increase income.

At the award ceremony, Governor Park Woo-ryang said, “We have worked hard to exhibit and promote contents using Shinan-gun’s renewable energy projects, hometown love donation products, and various specialties such as Shinan sun-dried salt.” He added, “Through renewable energy projects like the solar pension and solar child allowance, which are Shinan’s pride, we will create a sustainable future for the next 100 years and make Shinan known worldwide.”

Since 2021, Shinan-gun has been paying 8.4 billion won in solar pensions to five towns and townships, resulting in an increase of about 400 people compared to the natural population decline, helping to overcome the population extinction crisis and increase residents’ income.

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