Gwangju Metropolitan City will invest 5.94 billion won in its "2026 Tailored Regional Industry Job Support Program," pursuing 10 projects across two sectors to create jobs and improve working conditions, the city government said Wednesday.
The city aims to strengthen the self-sustainability of 227 companies in key local industries, including smart home appliances and root industries, while supporting employment-crisis sectors. The targets are 378 new jobs created and 1,300 existing jobs maintained.
The "Region-Led Job Support Program" aims to boost the self-sustainability and employment in Gwangju's core convergence home appliance sector, including smart home appliances and root industries.
The "Employment Bridge Crisis Response Project" was launched after Gwangsan-gu was designated as a preemptive employment crisis response zone. The project seeks to prevent the employment crisis from spreading to the broader local economy. It provides focused support for workers in Gwangsan-gu's home appliance and rubber product manufacturing industries as well as related upstream and downstream sectors.