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President Moon Jae-in said on the 13th: “We will shift the axis of national development to the regional center. “We will add a regionally balanced New Deal as the lynchpin of the Korean New Deal.”
President Moon said in his remarks at the second Korean version of the New Deal Strategy Meeting, which also served as the curriculum for provincial governors in the Blue House, saying, “This is the strong will of the government to change to Korea dynamically from the region. ”
Earlier, at the first strategy meeting in early September, President Moon said that he would invest 160 trillion won in the Korean version of the New Deal. President Moon said, “More than 75 trillion won, which is half of this, is a regional project,” he said. “It is expected to contribute greatly to the vitality of the local economy and job creation.” He said: “For the successful promotion of the regional New Deal balance, the participation and cooperation of the central government, local governments and the private sector is essential, and the support of the National Assembly is also necessary.”
Gyeonggi Governor Lee Jae-myung, Gyeongnam Governor Kim Gyeong-su, and Jeju Governor Won Hee-ryong attended the meeting. Each of them voiced their views on New Deal politics.
Governor Hee-ryong Won, who made the first announcement, said: “Jeju actively supports renewable energy 3020 (a policy to increase the share of renewable energy to 20% of total power generation by 2030) and the Green New Deal , in which the president is very interested “. With the annual goal of carbon neutrality in 2030, renewable energy has already exceeded 70% of the government’s target by 14.4% (which should reach 20%) ”. Governor Won said: “Jeju is already recognized internationally as the frontier of the Green New Deal.” “The General Assembly of the Climate Change Party 2023 will be held in Jeju. “Please help me from the central government.”
Governor Lee Jae-myeong said: “Gyeonggi-do is promoting public delivery apps as part of building digital SOC to establish data sovereignty through citizen participation and to create a fair market economy.” . He said: “We will play a role so that the alley economy and the local economy can really live and breathe.” “The Gyeonggi-do digital New Deal is in line with the direction of the Korean New Deal promoted by the Moon Jae-in administration.”
Governor Kim Gyeong-su referred to the debate on administrative integration that Daegu and Gyeongsangbuk-do are trying, saying, “We need a flexible regional development strategy focused on living and economic areas beyond administrative integration.” Governor Kim suggested, “For the Regional Balanced New Deal to be successful, at least one regional public transportation network must be created in the non-metropolitan area.” In this regard, President Moon said in his previous remarks: “It is a good way to increase competitiveness to promote the ‘Balanced Regional New Deal’ in an ultra wide area in cooperation with nearby local governments.”
Meanwhile, Vice Premier Hong Nam-ki, who attended the meeting, said: “When we open a New Deal project, we will give additional points to those related to balanced regional development.” “We will provide incentives for the provisional tax and the special account for balanced national development.” Furthermore, he said, “If there is a case of over-issuance of local bonds in the New Deal promotion process, we will immediately support raising the local bond issuance limit.
Reporter Kang Tae-hwa [email protected]
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