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Gwangju City News Reprinted with permission from Gwangju Metropolitan City Hall
Gwangju’s Response to COVID-19
Gwangju City News
Gwangju City Goes All Out to Save Small Businesses from COVID-19
Gwangju-Tailored AI – Normalization of a Green New Deal: “Energy Independent Gwangju,” a First for Korea
Gwangju City is carrying out various policies to support and save small business owners who are struggling due to the spread of COVID-19. This support comes in the form of providing low-interest loans through the COVID-19 Special Small Business Guarantee, visiting disinfected facilities to provide guidance, and executing a customized support policy through the “Bitgoeul Small Business Owner” program. Moreover, Gwangju City is presenting supportive projects of all types. These include (a) Supporting Small Business Financing for Victims of COVID-19, (b) SME Structure Improvement Financing Support, (c) Special Guarantee Fund for Neighborhood Businesses, (d) Selecting the Gwangju Win-Win Card for Local Currency, (e) Bitgoeul Small Business Owner Support, (f) Small Loan Support for the Financially Marginalized, (g) Yellow Umbrella Subsidy Incentives, and (h) Support for Reopening of Small Businesses Closed Due to Visits of COVID-19 Cases.
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September 2020
Gwangju City Prepares for “With Corona” Policy by Sectors and Time Period With the realization that a long-term presence of COVID-19 is unavoidable, it has been reported that Gwangju City is developing short-term, mid-term, and long-term response plans for the various sectors in preparation for living “With Corona.” The plans include instituting health regulation alternatives with higher durability in the short-term; and in the midterm, preparing systematic management plans for multi-purpose, medical, and high-rise facilities, as well as compensating for shortcomings in epidemiological investigation for improvements, mainly targeting those over 70. Lastly, for the long-term, the plan includes acceleration of the pace of establishing a municipal medical center for infectious diseases with a 100-billion won allocation, as well as a Honam region infectious disease specialized hospital as part of the Chosun University Medical Center for medical capability expansion to prevent widespread infection such as that of an epidemic.
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Gwangju City Mayor Lee Yong Seob announced the vision of “Global Leading City of the Post-COVID Zero Era” at the Kim Daejung Convention Center and presented the Three-Part New Deal Policy for Gwangju, including an AI-based “Digital New Deal,” the “Net-Zero Green New Deal,” and the “Human New Deal for Safety.” As its main goal, Gwangju aims to achieve 100% energy independence by 2045 by achieving self-sufficiency in electricity required by companies in Gwangju by 2030 with eco-friendly renewable energy, designated “2030 Enterprise RE100”; and then by achieving self-sufficiency in all electricity used in Gwangju by 2035, designated “2035 Gwangju RE100.” Subsequently, as the third and final stage, the plan is to achieve a “Carbon-Neutral Energy-Independent Gwangju” by not receiving any energy power from outside the city from 2045.
Accelerated Artificial Intelligence Company to Gwangju
Nationwide artificial intelligence companies are heading to Gwangju. The creation of one of the world’s top-10 largest data centers and artificial intelligence complexes for business is in the making to form the Gwangju AI business ecosystem. In addition, Autonomous A.G., Albiotech Co., and SAP Korea, Ltd. have decided to actively cooperate in creating the Gwangju artificial intelligence ecosystem. Following this initial move, many other enterprises are expected to be Gwangju-bound
Gwangju City and San Antonio (Texas) Continue Friendship Through Baseball
Gwangju City and its sister city in the U.S., San Antonio, have demonstrated their friendship once again through baseball in July. The video of San Antonio Mayor Ron Nirenberg throwing the ball at the Gwangju Pavilion in Denman Park, donated by Gwangju City in 2010, and Mayor Lee Yong Seob receiving the ball at Gwangju City Hall will be played on the screen at Gwangju Kia Champions Field. The baseball game is expected to be broadcasted across the United States through ESPN.
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