Mayor Lee Gang-deok: "We Will Fully Bloom Pohang's Future Through Industrial Structure Reorganization"

Accelerating the Promotion of New Growth Industries in Pohang such as Secondary Batteries, Hydrogen, and Big Data

Major Industrial Landscape Transformation... Ensuring Follow-up Measures like Specialized Complexes Deliver Benefits for Citizens

Mayor Lee Kang-deok of Pohang emphasized on the 11th, “We will accelerate the restructuring of the industrial structure toward future new growth industries and enhance the culture and dignity of the city to fully blossom Pohang’s future.”

Pohang City held the expanded executive meeting for September on the 11th at the Lifelong Learning Center auditorium, chaired by Mayor Lee Kang-deok.

On the 11th, Pohang City held an expanded executive meeting for September at the Lifelong Learning Center auditorium. The meeting, conducted in the form of thematic reports on the promotion strategy for the ‘Secondary Battery Specialized Complex’ and the ‘Hydrogen Fuel Cell Cluster’ construction project, shared key trends, development plans, and expected effects by industry with senior officials. It also included explanations about the ripple effects of the recently secured 1.5 trillion won scale ‘Global Data Center Campus Construction’ in Pohang.

Mayor Lee Kang-deok stated, “The Secondary Battery Specialized Complex, Hydrogen Cluster, and Data Center, which were successfully attracted through strenuous efforts with the citizens, are significant achievements that have yielded tangible results in diversifying the city’s industrial structure, which was previously focused on steel, into future new industries.” He added, “I hope that these projects, which will bring a major transformation to the industrial landscape, will result in benefits such as the creation of quality jobs for citizens. Please make every effort to actively discover policy formulation, follow-up projects, and regulatory relaxation.”

Furthermore, he reiterated that the establishment of a research-oriented medical school at POSTECH to nurture physician-scientists and the creation of a bio cluster are important key policies not only for securing the competitiveness of South Korea’s future high value-added bio-health industry but also for balanced regional development.

Mayor Lee also mentioned that proactive measures helped minimize damage from typhoons and the rainy season. He urged thorough preparations and an excessively cautious response posture, as typhoons could still affect the region until October.

Mayor Lee Kang-deok emphasized, “Thinking about the future of the region and the nation is the strategic thinking of a leader.” He added, “Let us constantly study what is necessary to enhance the capabilities and dignity of a city that can sustain continuous development by looking ahead 100 years into the future, and do our best to nurture the talent who will lead this.”

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