Jeollanam-do Gwangju City, in earnest to improve the residential environment of the ‘semiconductor cluster’

Jeonnam Gwangju Unified Special City held an 'Internal Strategy Meeting of the Semiconductor City Residential Conditions Innovation Task Force (TF)' in the conference room of Gwangju City Hall on the 6th.

This meeting, presided over by Hwang Ki-yeon, Deputy Mayor for Administration and Culture, was promoted to discover projects to improve settlement conditions in each field so that companies, workers, and families that will be brought in due to the creation of the semiconductor cluster in the Honam area can settle stably in Gwangju, Jeollanam-do.

At the meeting, 25 people, including the Director of Semiconductor Industry Support Policy and the Director of Metropolitan Cities, as well as related offices and directors, shared existing and new candidate projects submitted by each office and bureau and intensively discussed the necessity and feasibility of each project.

We reviewed candidate projects in each field across residential conditions, including housing, education, transportation, medical care, and social infrastructure (SOC), and decided to focus on improving the living environment that semiconductor companies and workers can actually experience beyond simple facility expansion.

Regarding the requests related to the three major settlement conditions such as education, transportation, and water presented by Samsung Electronics, it was decided to share reviews and action plans by relevant departments and countries and prepare measures to expand and improve settlement infrastructure needed by companies.

The integrated city plans to refine business plans for the candidate projects discussed on this day through consultation with external experts in each field and prepare a strategy to innovate residential conditions by the end of this year.

Next year, we plan to comprehensively review the priorities of the identified detailed projects and ways to secure financial resources and promote the project in stages.

Hwang Ki-yeon, Deputy Mayor for Administration and Culture, said, "For the success of the semiconductor cluster in the Honam region, it is important not only to create an industrial complex, but also to create a comprehensive residential environment where companies, talented individuals, and their families can settle stably in the region. We will create a competitive semiconductor settlement city where work and life are in harmony."