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Haenam-gun, Jeollanam-do, has selected the top 10 policies that illuminated Haenam this year as it wraps up its 2023 county administration work.

According to the county on the 18th, the top 10 policies were chosen through a survey of employees and residents on the county policies that were excellently implemented this year, selecting the final 10 policies.

The top 10 achievements are △ Establishing a foundation for new growth engines such as activating the Solar City corporate city △ Revitalizing traditional markets through the reopening of Haenam Daily Market and operation of night markets △ Resident-led village environmental cleanup campaign ‘Zero Waste Haenam 515’ △ Launch of Haenam County Education Foundation and opening of Family Harmony Center △ Operation of the nation’s first campervan city tour △ Making Haenam’s taste and charm a four-season festival attraction △ Establishing and operating a pediatric and adolescent night medical care system △ Promoting various job projects to solve rural labor shortages △ Securing competitiveness of local agricultural and marine products through export expansion △ Sports marketing vitality including hosting Haenam’s first international sports competition.

First, the future design of Haenam over 30 years, including the Solar City corporate city and Hwawon industrial complex, showed significant changes and growth through various SOC infrastructure developments.

Selection of Top 10 Policies of the Year
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This year, the designation of an autonomous driving car pilot operation zone under the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport’s regional hub smart city project, the completion of the complex cultural park Sani Garden, the tourism and leisure infrastructure development of Yeongam Lake and industry-academia cooperation agreements, and the complex medical town creation agreement have concretized the design of a premium future city advocating a garden city, intelligent city, cultural tourism city, and health city.

Hwawon Industrial Complex is planned to be developed as the largest offshore wind power equipment industrial cluster in Korea, serving as a hinterland for the government’s offshore wind power complex. At the first investment briefing held this year, an investment agreement worth 40 billion KRW was signed.

As an SOC project that will accelerate regional development and investment attraction, the second phase of the Gwangju?Haenam?Wando Expressway was selected as a government preliminary feasibility study target project, and large-scale social infrastructure such as the opening of the Boseong?Haenam?Imseong railway in 2025 and the opening of the National Road 77 connecting road in 2027 are showing concrete results.

This year, discussions on connecting the Seoul?Jeju high-speed railway route via Haenam have begun in earnest, and preparations are underway to reflect this in the 5th National Railway Network Plan.

Additionally, with the consecutive successes in attracting national projects such as the National Agricultural and Food Climate Change Response Center, which will serve as the control tower for climate change response in agriculture during the 7th local government term, the Carbon Neutral Edu Center, and the Green Convergence Cluster, Haenam is emerging as a leading local government in climate change response and carbon neutrality nationwide.

In line with this, the county is introducing and spreading the Haenam-type ESG operation policy?Clean Environment (E), Safe Society (S), and Trustworthy Administration (G)?across all areas of county administration. The ‘Zero Waste Haenam 515’ campaign, selected as one of the top 10 policies, is a resident-led village environmental cleanup campaign that attracted attention by participating at the village level in reducing waste and promoting resource circulation.

To alleviate labor shortages in agriculture, the largest number of foreign seasonal workers in Jeollanam-do were attracted, and a win-win job project connecting idle labor from outside the area to rural sites received great response.

Haenam’s agricultural and marine products achieved remarkable results in overseas market development, with about 400 tons of Haenam rice exported overseas this year, followed by 1,000 tons of Haenam cabbage exported to North America.

After modernization, the Haenam Daily Market, which reopened earlier this year, has become a bustling traditional market attraction through Friday night market events. Haenam also played a significant role in revitalizing the local economy by attracting about 90,000 visitors through various sports competitions and training camps, including the Korea Open International Tournament, Haenam’s first international sports competition.

Moreover, the Haenam Minam Festival, which attracted about 240,000 visitors, and the operation of four-season festivals, along with the Dream Car project?the nation’s first campervan rental city tour?added new charm to Haenam as a new policy.

New policies aimed at making Haenam a good place to raise children also shone. Since August, pediatric and adolescent night medical care has become available at Haenam Hospital with county support, and the opening of the Family Harmony Center, a landmark for family love, and the launch of the Education Foundation, a cradle for talent development and lifelong learning, followed in succession.

County Governor Myeong Hyeon-gwan stated, “This year, a variety of county policies, from large-scale projects that will change Haenam’s future to meticulous policies that enhance residents’ convenience, were abundantly discovered and implemented. Through the selection of the top 10 achievements, we will once again review the major achievements of 2023 and the future direction of county administration, and accelerate next year’s regional development strategy.”

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