Candidate Shin Youngjae Steps Up All-Out Efforts for Party Unity, Agricultural Innovation, and Youth Engagement

Shin Youngjae, Hongcheon County Governor Candidate
Field Actions on Agricultural Innovation and Youth Policy
"We Will Broaden the Foundation for Hongcheon's Future Growth"

Shin Youngjae, candidate for Hongcheon County Governor (People Power Party), spent the 18th rigorously engaging in a full schedule, ranging from political events aimed at strengthening party unity to an agricultural innovation meeting and communication sessions with the youth. He is accelerating his all-out efforts towards the '9th popularly elected county administration.' Building on the achievements from the 8th term, Shin demonstrated strong execution capabilities aimed at fundamentally raising Hongcheon’s economic standing.

Shin Youngjae, candidate for Hongcheon County Governor (People Power Party), is holding an agricultural innovation meeting on the 18th. Photo provided by candidate Shin Youngjae

Shin attended the People Power Party Gangwon Special Self-Governing Province nomination convention and reaffirmed his determination to win confidently in the upcoming local elections. This convention brought together all the party’s nominees in the province for the 9th nationwide simultaneous local elections, providing an occasion to reinforce the determination to win and to pledge the party’s success.

At the convention, Shin stated, “During the 8th term, we established the foundations for growth, such as ushering in the era of the railway, creating a bioindustry-specialized complex, and leading the era of a 1 trillion won budget. In this local election, I am committed to securing overwhelming support from county residents and ensuring the uninterrupted progress of ‘Phase 2 of Hongcheon Economic Development.’”

In the afternoon, Shin held a meeting at his campaign office with former Hongcheon County Agricultural Technology Center Director Moon Myungseon and representatives from agricultural machinery manufacturers, aiming to discuss ways to improve the fundamentals of Hongcheon’s agriculture sector.

At this meeting, former director Moon explained the current state of Hongcheon’s agriculture and highlighted the issue of an aging agricultural workforce, emphasizing the need for proactive administrative measures. Following this, Shin and the agricultural machinery company representatives held in-depth discussions on promoting the small agricultural machinery industry.

Presiding over the meeting, Shin stated, “Building on the solid foundation of the foreign worker support system, which has already become a model case, I will organically combine the core pledge of the 9th administration—fostering Hongcheon’s agricultural machinery and agricultural materials industries.” He presented a roadmap, saying, “We will establish Hongcheon as a leading production base for small agricultural machinery and materials, and simultaneously create new jobs and increase farm household income through domestic and international expos.”

Shin Youngjae, candidate for Hongcheon County Governor (People Power Party), is holding a youth meeting on the 18th. Photo provided by candidate Shin Youngjae

In the evening, Shin hosted a 'youth meeting' to engage in open communication with young people who will lead Hongcheon’s future. During the meeting, which continued late into the evening, Shin attentively listened and carefully noted a wide range of suggestions from the youth, including diversifying local employment, supporting young people returning to farming, improving settlement conditions for youth, and building cultural infrastructure to drive Hongcheon’s progress.

After listening to these opinions, Shin remarked, “In April of this year, we amended the ordinance to expand the upper age limit for youth support to 45, thereby broadening the support base. In order for young people to settle in their hometown, not only jobs but also settlement conditions are essential. Therefore, we are preparing a plan to increase the size of public rental housing to 79 square meters, so that newlyweds and young families can be accommodated.”

He added, “The valuable suggestions shared today will become the key framework for ‘Phase 2 of Hongcheon Economic Development.’ I promise to actively incorporate youth-tailored spaces and practical residential and cultural support into the previously announced plans for ‘creating a future-oriented metropolitan city’ and ‘restructuring the original downtown area.’”

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