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(JEONJU=NEWSIS) North Jeolla Province will invest KRW 1 trillion in developing new growth engine industries including carbon, convergence materials and agricultural life.

The first Jeonbuk science and technology council meeting was held on January 15 where about 40 industrial, academic and research experts have attended.

The participants agreed to nurture the four sectors including carbon, agricultural life, ICT and convergence technology and green energy as new growth engine industries.

Also, they have agreed to carry out 44 detailed projects and find new businesses that are worth KRW 1 trillion.

For carbon sector, the goal is to establish a global carbon hub by creating demand in large-scale carbon materials and commercializing projects.

For agricultural life sector, the focus is on the advancement of the industrial structure of agricultural life resources. The goal is to develop the area as the capital of agricultural life in Northeast Asia by grafting traditional cultural resources and state-of-the-art technology.

For ICT and convergence technology sector, the goal is to transform the province into a smart region by focusing on high value added of core industries and building ICT convergence industrial infrastructure.

For the green energy sector, the goal is to build a high efficient and eco-friendly energy cluster based on academic and industrial network and promoting commercialization development of new growth engine industries.

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