Jeonnam Province Makes All-Out Efforts to Include Regional Issues in National Agenda

Met with Park Soo-hyun, Chair of the Special Committee on Balanced Growth, to Discuss Key Issues
Proposed Establishment of National Medical School and Solaseado AI Energy Cluster
Requested Cooperation from Local Lawmakers Including Park Jiwon

Kang Won-yi, Deputy Governor for Economic Affairs, met with Park Jiwon, a member of the Democratic Party of Korea, to request cooperation for the inclusion of current projects in the national agenda. Provided by Jeonnam Province

Jeonnam Province announced that on August 5, it visited the National Assembly and met with Park Soo-hyun, Chair of the Special Committee on Balanced Growth of the National Policy Planning Committee, among others, to propose the inclusion of key regional issues in the new government's national agenda.

Kang Won-yi, Deputy Governor for Economic Affairs of Jeonnam Province, proposed the establishment of an "Integrated National Medical School" at Mokpo National University and Suncheon National University, which successfully achieved integration for the first time in the country. He emphasized that Jeonnam is the only region in the country without a medical school, and stressed the urgent need for this measure to guarantee residents' right to health and to strengthen regional public healthcare.

He also proposed the creation of the "Solaseado AI Energy Cluster" as a national hub for balanced development, utilizing the abundant renewable energy resources and vast land in the southwestern region of Jeonnam to concentrate advanced industries such as artificial intelligence (AI) and renewable energy, as well as education and residential infrastructure.

In addition, he explained the crisis faced by the Yeosu and Gwangyang industrial complexes due to global oversupply and strengthened carbon regulations, and requested the promotion of a national "Petrochemical and Steel Industry Transformation Mega Project" to convert these complexes into high value-added and eco-friendly industries.

He also requested that the "Second Space Center Construction Project," aimed at creating a world-class space industry cluster in Goheung, be adopted as a national agenda item and promoted as a national policy.

Other proposals included: the creation of an "AI Advanced Agri-Livestock Convergence District"; expansion of an "Ultra-wide Area Transportation Network" for the next 100 years; establishment of a "National Industrial Complex for Future Advanced Materials" in the Gwangyang and Suncheon areas; and support for the "Relocation and Integration of Gwangju Civilian and Military Airports."

Prior to his meeting with Chair Park Soo-hyun, Deputy Governor Kang Won-yi also met with Han Jeong-ae, Policy Committee Chair of the Democratic Party of Korea; Kim Wooyoung, member of the National Assembly (Eunpyeong-gu-eul, Seoul); as well as Park Jiwon, Seo Samseok, and Moon Geumju, other local members of the National Assembly, to request their cooperation for the inclusion of current projects in the national agenda.

Deputy Governor Kang Won-yi stated, "Since the launch of the new government, Jeonnam Province has devoted all its efforts over the past two months to ensure that key tasks crucial to the province's future are included in the national agenda," and emphasized, "With the announcement of the national agenda approaching, we will do our utmost until the end."

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