Lee Sangil: "Protecting Semiconductors Secures the Future for Youth... Promoting 'Priority Employment Quota System'"

Lee Sangil, Yongin Mayoral Candidate, Pledges to Support Youth Employment and Startups
Hosts Policy Discussion with Yongin University Students
Promises to Establish 1-Trillion-Won "Silicon Yongin Fund" and Startup Incubation System
"Those Unfamiliar with Semiconductors Cannot Lead the Future... Choose Someone Who Will Protect and Foster the Industry"
Youths Agree: "If Semiconductors Falter, Rail, Roads, and City Finances Will All Collapse"

"It is only natural that someone with no connection to today's semiconductor industry cannot lead the future of Yongin's semiconductors. The core of this election is to choose someone who will protect and grow the semiconductor sector in Yongin."

Lee Sangil, candidate for mayor of Yongin Special City (People Power Party), is holding a communication meeting with university students from Yongin at the Mabuk-dong campaign office in Giheung-gu on the 17th. Photo by candidate Lee Sangil

Lee Sangil, candidate for mayor of Yongin Special City (People Power Party), made this statement at a communication meeting with local university students held at the Mabuk-dong campaign office in Giheung-gu on May 17, expressing his strong commitment to the success of the semiconductor project that is crucial to Yongin's future and to supporting young people.

At the meeting, Lee stated, "If I am inaugurated as the mayor in the 9th popularly elected administration, I will boldly implement a variety of youth support policies to help young people design their futures," presenting a concrete blueprint to support youth employment and startups through administrative and financial measures.

The meeting was attended by about 40 university students from Dankook University, Myongji University, Yongin University, and Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, among others. Lee detailed his key pledges for supporting employment and startups.

First, to lower the barrier to employment, he promised to coordinate with local semiconductor companies and others to implement a "Yongin Youth Priority Employment Quota System" and to actively run employment support programs. In addition, he announced plans to establish the "Silicon Yongin Fund," worth 1 trillion won, to foster a youth startup ecosystem, and to build an incubating system that closely supports the growth of startup companies.

Lee emphasized, "As Yongin establishes itself as Korea's central semiconductor city, not only anchor companies like Samsung Electronics and SK hynix but also leading global semiconductor equipment firms such as ASML, Lam Research, and Tokyo Electron are investing in Yongin. With high-quality jobs increasing and the startup environment improving, the city intends to play an even more active role in supporting youth employment and startups."

Lee Sangil, candidate for mayor of Yongin Special City (People Power Party), held a communication meeting with local university students in Mabuk-dong, Giheung-gu on the 17th. Photo provided by candidate Lee Sangil

He continued, "For these plans to succeed, Yongin's semiconductor project must proceed as planned, but the ruling party is destabilizing 'Yongin Semiconductor,' on which Yongin's future depends," offering a pointed critique of the current situation.

The young people who attended the meeting also expressed strong agreement with Lee's remarks and voiced concerns about the current progress of semiconductor initiatives.

They said, "We agree that Yongin can leap forward and the future for Yongin's youth can be bright only if the city's semiconductor projects proceed smoothly. However, we are seriously concerned as the site development for the Yongin National Semiconductor Industrial Complex is not proceeding as planned, groups opposing power transmission to the Yongin Semiconductor Cluster are becoming more active, and the government is trying to enact a special semiconductor law enforcement decree that would undermine the semiconductor ecosystem in Yongin and southern Gyeonggi Province."

In particular, the young people stressed, "If Yongin's semiconductor sector is destabilized, the economic feasibility of expanding rail and road networks will decrease, making these projects difficult to realize, and the city's finances will not grow. If bold investment for citizens becomes impossible, all residents in Cheoin-gu, Giheung-gu, and Suji-gu will suffer losses. All young people and citizens of Yongin should deeply consider this point."

In addition, university students proposed expanding substantial support for semiconductor contract departments at local universities and establishing global semiconductor universities and graduate schools in Yongin; supporting AI education programs so young people can adapt to the AI era; and promoting collaboration between the private sector, government, and academia in the fields of culture, arts, and sports.

Lee Sang-il, candidate for mayor of Yongin Special City (People Power Party), is holding a communication meeting with local university students of Yongin at the election office in Mabuk-dong, Giheung-gu on the 17th. Photo by Lee Sang-il

In response, Lee Sangil pledged wholehearted support, stating, "Through bold measures, I will work with young people to draw the blueprint for the next generation that will lead Korea."

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