Governor Kim Yeongrok to Develop Suncheon as Leading Economic Hub in Southern Central Region

Seven Visions Proposed, Including Ecotourism Hub
Efforts to Create a New Paradigm for Small but Strong Cities

Jeollanam-do Governor Kim Youngrok is delivering a greeting at the 'Suncheon City Policy Vision Tour' event held on the 13th at the Suncheon City Eoullim Sports Center Multipurpose Gymnasium. Provided by Jeonnam Province

Kim Youngrok, Governor of Jeollanam-do, emphasized, "We will foster Suncheon, Korea's representative ecological city, into a global innovative city where cutting-edge technology, history, and the future coexist."

Governor Kim made this statement at the Suncheon City Policy Vision Tour held at the multipurpose gymnasium of the Suncheon Eoullim Sports Center on the 13th.

Attending the policy vision tour were Noh Kwangkyu, Mayor of Suncheon, Kang Hyunggu, Chairperson of the Suncheon City Council, Seo Dongwook and Han Sukkyung, Jeollanam-do Provincial Assembly members, and about 150 local residents.

In his welcoming remarks, Mayor Noh Kwangkyu said, "With the support of Jeollanam-do, Suncheon is accelerating its transition to a future-oriented industrial structure, including the cultural content industry, bioindustry, and space and defense industry. Please continue to support our efforts to attract the national industrial complex for advanced materials."

Governor Kim emphasized, "As the economic, cultural, and administrative hub of the eastern region, Suncheon is creating a new paradigm for small but strong cities and drawing a new milestone for Korea. I am confident that Suncheon will lead the development in the upcoming global Namhaean era, and Jeollanam-do will do its utmost to support this."

The Jeonnam Research Institute presented seven major visions for future regional development under the theme, "Suncheon, the hub city of the Namhaean Belt for culture, space and defense, and bio, the three pillars of the economy!"

The seven major visions are: ▲A global ecological capital embracing both the world's only inland and marine gardens ▲A new economic hub in the southern central region soaring with national advanced strategic industries ▲A leading global cultural content 'K-Anitoon Valley' ▲A high-quality wellness tourism and cultural city ▲A major transformation to smart innovative agriculture ▲A premium residential city leading the era of $50,000 income ▲A southern region transportation hub at the center of the Namhaean era.

Policies for becoming a global ecological capital include the creation of a global marine ecological park, restoration of the Dongcheon estuary wetland ecological road, and attracting the IUCN World Conservation Congress (the environmental Olympics).

To become a new economic hub in the southern central region, proposals included establishing a space and defense cluster, building a secondary battery production base, and creating a K-Green Bio Innovation Park. For the K-Anitoon Valley, recommendations included establishing an animation and webtoon cluster as a content industry base, attracting a branch of the Korea Creative Content Agency's talent campus, and creating a 100 billion KRW cultural content fund.

For the realization of a high-quality wellness tourism and cultural city, suggestions included creating a tidal flat healing tourism platform, specializing in UNESCO World Heritage cultural and historical tourism, and fostering the horse industry. For the major transformation to smart innovative agriculture, policies such as expanding two-track smart farms in urban-rural complex cities and establishing a global distribution platform utilizing cutting-edge technology were proposed.

Policies for a premium residential city included creating the Yeonhyangdeul Future Culture and Tourism Special Zone and developing a world-class waterfront cultural and tourist attraction on the abandoned Gyeongjeon Line site. To realize a southern region transportation hub, plans included building a mega railway network connecting the capital region and Yeongho-nam economic axis, and expanding tourism and logistics road networks in the eastern region.

In the subsequent policy discussion, local residents requested support for the establishment of small-scale (cube-type) smart farms, implementation and automation support for flower nursery smart greenhouses, funding for the Suncheon Sports Park development, and infrastructure support for St. Carollo Hospital, designated as a regional cardiovascular and cerebrovascular disease center.

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