Steady Sailing
The Gwangyang Bay Area Free Economic Zone (GFEZ) Authority has appointed a new commissioner, Kwon Oh-bong, and held his inauguration ceremony on July 6.
Kwon Oh-bong said that he will continue the existing developmental plans of the zone without any disruptions.
While developing the strategies for domestic and foreign investments induction to the zone, he will also develop a systematic cooperative relationship with the companies investing in the zone, via regularly inspecting any problems businesses have, and developing solutions to the problems, he said.
He also said that he will develop the cultural tourism businesses of the zone. He plans to develop the cultural tourism business as an industry by developing networks among the regions of the zone, as well as developing world-class accommodation facilities.
Kwon Oh-bong was born in 1959 in Jeollanam-do, Jangheung, and educated at Korea University, receiving an economics undergraduate degree. He passed the administrative examination, and became a governmental official in 1983. Since then, he worked as the director of financial planning and budget analysis, vice-chief of the Defense Acquisition Program Administration, and economic lieutenant governor of Jeollanam-do.