Gwangju City-Yeonggwang County Regional Development Meeting... 'Policy Project Win-Win Cooperation'

Gwangju-Jeonnam 'Next-Generation Mobility' Ecosystem Construction

Moonlight Inland Railroad 'Gwangju~Yeonggwang Extension Plan' Reflected

Yeonggwang-gun, Jeollanam-do (Governor Kang Jong-man) and Gwangju Metropolitan City (Mayor Kang Ki-jung) held a super-regional cooperation meeting for regional joint development.

According to Yeonggwang-gun on the 20th, at the meeting, they agreed to jointly cooperate on building the "Gwangju-Jeonnam Next-Generation Mobility Ecosystem," centered on Gwangju City's "Future Car Industry Serious Belt Construction" and Yeonggwang-gun's Daema Electric Vehicle Industrial Complex.

On the 20th, Gwangju Mayor Kang Ki-jung and Yeonggwang County Governor Kang Jong-man (left) held a meeting for win-win cooperation on ultra-wide area regional development and commemorated the event.
[Photo by Yeonggwang County]

They deeply discussed joint cooperation plans to realize carbon neutrality (RE100 industrial complexes) by supplying renewable energy produced in the Yeonggwang area to large industrial complexes such as the Advanced Industrial Complex, Bitgreen Industrial Complex, and Future Car National Industrial Complex.

Yeonggwang-gun requested Gwangju City's cooperation on regional win-win projects including ▲building a carbon-neutral RE100 joint alliance ▲operating the "2024 Yeonggwang Visit Year" ▲holding the Yeonggwang Bulgapsan Sangsa Flower Festival ▲reflecting the extension of the Dalbit Inland Railway (Gwangju?Yeonggwang) in the national plan.

Gwangju City showed high interest and expectations in Yeonggwang-gun's ▲dried yellow corvina industry ▲marine and fisheries industry (freshwater eel) ▲rice cake industry ▲tourism and cultural industries (Mulmusan Hwangtotgil Trail and the Four Major Religious Cultural Pilgrimage Sites).

Mayor Kang said, "We will spare no effort to cooperate in developing tourism product programs linked with Gwangju," and added, "We will also strive to have the extension of the Dalbit Inland Railway and the construction of the West Coast Railway reflected in the national plan."

Governor Kang said, "This meeting has opened the door to communication for win-win cooperation between local governments," and added, "It would be good to establish a super-regional cooperation system by providing Gwangju with Yeonggwang's excellent tourism resources and abundant agricultural and marine products, and strengthening links with Gwangju's materials, parts, and equipment industries."