Yeonghonam provincial governors and members of the National Assembly pledged to unite Yeongnam and Honam to drive balanced development of the Republic of Korea. The Yeongnam and Honam Province Governors Cooperation Council (Chairman Park Wan-soo, Gyeongnam Province Governor) held a win-win cooperation meeting at the FKI (Federation of Korean Industries) Tower Conference Center in Seoul on the 30th, inviting eight Yeongnam Province and Honam province governors and local assembly members.
This meeting was attended by Gyeongsangnam-do Governor Park Wan-soo, chairman of the Yeongnam and Honam Provinces and Provinces Governors Cooperation Council, as well as heads and vice heads of eight Yeongnam and Honam organizations and the chairpersons of the Yeongnam and Honam Provinces and Provinces parties.
Attendees discussed the joint cooperation tasks adopted at the 18th Yeonghonam Province and Province Governors Cooperation Meeting held in Muju on July 8th and cooperation measures on legislative issues by province and province, and discussed cooperation between the Yeonghonam Provinces and Provinces Governors for a growth base in the southern region corresponding to the metropolitan area. A joint resolution was adopted by the National Assembly.
First, the cooperation tasks adopted by the 18th Yeonghonam City and Governors Cooperation Meeting were ▲ Expansion of family business inheritance deduction targets ▲ National support for regional climate response funds ▲ Expansion of cooperation and financial support in response to low birth rates ▲ Joint response to measures to overcome local financial crisis ▲ Regional strategy for restricted development areas 8 joint cooperation tasks including easing requirements for designating alternative sites for projects ▲ improving consultation on new establishment and changes to the social security system ▲ suggesting a region-based metropolitan visa system ▲ cooperating with the National Assembly to pass the amendment to the Island Development Promotion Act ▲ constructing the Ulsan-Yangsan Expressway ▲ Yeonghonam Inland Line (Jeonju-Gimcheon) ) There are eight balanced regional development tasks, including construction of railway ▲ construction of all new Jeolla Line (Iksan-Yeosu) high-speed railway lines ▲ construction of high-speed railway from Dongdaegu to Changwon to Gadeokdo New Airport.
Legislative pending issues by city and province are ▲ Revision of the Special Act on Metropolitan Transportation, including the Jeonbuk metropolitan area (Jeonbuk) ▲ Enactment of the Special Act on Construction of an Aerospace Complex City (Gyeongnam) ▲ Enactment of the Special Act on Busan Global Hub City (Busan) ▲ Revision of the Special Act on Daegu-Gyeongbuk Integrated New Airport (Daegu) ▲ Enactment of the Special Act on Construction of an Aerospace Complex City (Gyeongnam) They agreed to cooperate in future National Assembly discussions on 16 cases, including enactment of the Intelligent Industry Promotion Act (Gwangju), ▲ amendment of the Restriction of Special Taxation Act to ease conditions for corporate headquarters relocation (Ulsan), ▲ enactment of the Jeollanam-do Special Self-Governing Province Special Act (Jeonnam), and ▲ enactment of the APEC Special Act (Gyeongbuk).
The joint resolution states that in order to create a true regional era in which the metropolitan area and local regions grow together by expanding autonomy and decentralization led by Yeongnam and Honam Province and achieving balanced development of the national territory, ▲ local-centered balanced development will be reflected first in the government policy framework, ▲ transfer of authority to the central government, and ▲ It includes expansion of autonomous financial authority, ▲ passage of government tax law amendments to promote balanced regional development and investment attraction, and ▲ cooperation in balanced development tasks and legislative issues of Yeongnam and Honam provinces, and securing national funds. About 100 people participated, including 8 governors of Yeongnam and Honam provinces and 90 members of the National Assembly.
Jeonbuk Special Self-Governing Province Governor Kim Kwan-young, who attended the meeting, said, “At the Yeongung-Honam City and Provincial Governors Cooperation Meeting held on July 8, we adopted the expansion of the family business inheritance deduction system to strengthen regional competitiveness as a joint cooperation task and proposed it to the government. “And the government has announced a tax law amendment that reflects this,” he said, urging attendees to cooperate so that the bill can be passed in this year’s regular session of the National Assembly.
He also said, “The harmony and coexistence of Yeongnam and Honam go beyond simple cooperation between regions, and are essential elements for the development of the entire Republic of Korea.” He added, “Now that the crisis of regional extinction is deepening due to concentration in the metropolitan area, Yeongnam and Honam come together to create new values.” “In the process of creating and sharing ways to revitalize the local economy, we will be able to create a better Republic of Korea,” he said.
Meanwhile, the Yeonghonam Provinces and Provinces Governors Cooperation Conference was established in 1998 and is held every year to promote win-win development through mutual exchange and cooperation among the eight provinces and cities of Yeonghonam and to drive balanced national development.
Reporter Queen Choi Hana
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2024-10-01 04:21:22