Min Hyeongbae Welcomes Muan National Industrial Complex Designation... Accelerating Link Between Military Airport Relocation and Semiconductor Industry

Designation of 1.05 Million Pyeong in Hyeonggyeong-myeon, Muan as Candidate Site for National Industrial Complex
Potential to Develop as a Key Hub for Materials, Parts, Equipment, Export, and Logistics

With 1.05 million pyeong in the Hyeonggyeong-myeon district of Muan designated as a candidate site for a National Industrial Complex, a new turning point has emerged to simultaneously address the relocation of the Gwangju military airport and foster future industries in the Muan area. In particular, momentum is building for the vision of establishing a semiconductor industrial ecosystem in the southwestern region by linking with the advanced semiconductor National Industrial Complex planned for the relocation site of the Gwangju military airport.

Min Hyeongbae, Mayor of Jeonnam Gwangju Integrated Special City, stated in a welcoming message on August 25, “With the designation of this candidate site, we now have the foundation to address both the relocation of the Gwangju military airport and Muan’s future development,” and evaluated, “The future growth engine that Muan has demanded now has a concrete framework in the form of a National Industrial Complex.”

Location Map of Muan National Industrial Complex. Provided by Jeonnam Gwangju Metropolitan City.

The proposed site for the Muan National Industrial Complex is a transportation and logistics hub equipped with integrated transport infrastructure, including Muan International Airport, the Honam high-speed railway, and expressways. Its competitiveness is further strengthened by the potential to develop a distributed energy industry based on the region’s abundant renewable energy resources in the southwestern area.

The Special City intends to leverage these locational advantages to develop the Muan National Industrial Complex as a core industrial base in the southwest that integrates advanced industry, logistics, and energy. The link with the advanced semiconductor National Industrial Complex that will be built on the new site for the Gwangju military airport is especially noteworthy.

If the National Industrial Complex on the relocated military airport site serves as a key hub focused on semiconductor production, the Muan National Industrial Complex would support the supply chain for semiconductor materials, parts, and equipment, while also handling export and logistics operations utilizing Muan International Airport.

Should the two National Industrial Complexes be organically connected, it will be possible to establish an industrial ecosystem that encompasses everything from semiconductor production to materials, parts, equipment, logistics, and exports. This is expected to help expand the effects of advanced industry growth from Gwangju into Muan and the wider southwestern region.

There is also interest in whether the designation of the National Industrial Complex candidate site will provide new momentum for the issue of relocating the Gwangju military airport. Since securing future growth engines for the Muan region has been a key concern alongside the airport relocation, establishing the National Industrial Complex as a substantial pillar of regional development could strengthen discussions linking airport relocation and local development.

Mayor Min emphasized, “Jeonnam Gwangju Integrated Special City will focus all our capabilities on establishing the Muan National Industrial Complex,” adding, “From drawing up industrial complex plans to building basic infrastructure and attracting companies, we will work as one team with the government and Muan County to proceed swiftly.”

He further added, “Centering on the Muan National Industrial Complex, we will open a future for advanced industries representing the southwestern region of the Republic of Korea, and will take the lead in creating an irreplaceable Republic of Korea and an irreplaceable Jeonnam Gwangju, led by the region.”

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