무안 국가산단 후보 지정에 광주 군공항 이전 본격화 수순

The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport recently designated the area in Chungju County, Jeollabuk-do as a candidate for a national industrial park, paving the way for the transfer of the Guangzhou Airport to Lushan. On the 26th, Chungju County announced that the mayor would attend the transfer site selection committee meeting at the Ministry of National Defense on the 28th.

Both Chungju County and Jeollabuk-do Special Self-Governing City anticipate this meeting will confirm the area as the transfer site. Upon confirmation, the Ministry of National Defense and Jeollabuk-do Special Self-Governing City will establish a transfer support plan, and Chungju County will submit an application for the airport to the Ministry of National Defense.

Soon, the Ministry of National Defense will reconvene the selection committee to confirm the site. Until now, Chungju County had not attended the selection committee due to three conditions not being met. Last December, the presidential office-led 6-party coordination body (including Jeollabuk-do, Jeollanam-do, Chungju County, the Ministry of Planning and Budget, the Ministry of National Defense, and the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport) agreed on the three conditions for transferring the Guangzhou Airport to Lushan: prioritizing private airports, a one-trillion won support package, and national-level benefits.

Jeollabuk-do was prepared to wait for government action, as the one-trillion won support and private airport prioritization were commitments they could make, but the national industrial park designation required government action. The previous day, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport announced that 3.47㎢ (105,000㎡) of Chungju County's territory would be designated as a national industrial park candidate, and both Chungju County and Jeollabuk-do Special Self-Governing City welcomed this news.

Lushan industrial park plans to use the Lushan area as a manufacturing, parts, and equipment supply base for semiconductor factories. Chungju County officials said, "We will need to see specifics on the one-trillion won support plan, but we see a positive atmosphere." Jeollabuk-do Airport Construction Division Director Kim Gyeong-su said, "This is a significant move for us."

He added that the one-trillion won support would be finalized at the Intertransfer Support Support Committee, led by the Minister of the National Security Council, and that private airport transfer would be completed by June 2028, when the phased transfer to multiple airports begins.