Gyeongsangbuk-do ranked 2nd overall in the evaluation of the horse industry special zone
Gyeongbuk-do made a splendid achievement by taking the 2nd place overall in the evaluation of the horse industry special zone.
According to the province on the 25th, the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs announced that it had secured an incentive of 500 million won from the government by taking the second place in the '2022 Horse Industry Special Zone Evaluation'.
This evaluation is based on Article 25 of the Horse Industry Promotion Act. Seven experts in the field of horse industry and executives and employees of civic groups were appointed as evaluation members and were conducted from June to July.
In addition, the budget required for the development of the special zone was confirmed after evaluating the performance of the promotion plan by region.
Evaluation items include △Report preparation △Local content △Mutual cooperation △Budget execution △Social value.
From the report submission stage, the provincial government was able to achieve 2nd place with excellent scores in all items through hard work, such as communicating with the relevant city and county and discovering horseback riding tourism items that are grafted with regional characteristics.
In the first year of 2015, starting with a project cost of 4 billion won, including 2 billion won from the government, a total project cost of 17 billion won has been invested until this year to create a comprehensive and systematic foundation for the horse industry.
Specifically, △Cross-country stadium creation and Gumi equestrian base foundation (Gumi) △ Horse oil-based hyangjang industry development and eco-equestrian park creation (Yeongcheon) △Pony Land installation and support for Sangju International Equestrian Center 2nd indoor horse riding ground (Sangju) △ Connection with Gaonnuri of Samguk Yusa Installation of a horse riding ground (Gunwi) △Support for professional horse riding farms (Uiseong), etc.
Kim Jong-su, head of the agricultural and livestock and distribution bureau, said, "We will do our best to provide administrative and financial support so that the horse industry, a high value-added complex industry, will be established as a new growth engine industry in Gyeongbuk, and thereby elevate the status of Gyeongbuk." We will do our best so that Gyeongbuk can lead the Korean horse industry by completing it as soon as possible (construction begins at the end of next month)."
Meanwhile, there are four special horse industrial zones: Jeju Special Self-Governing Province, Gyeongbuk (5 cities/guns), Gyeonggi (3 cities/guns), and Jeonbuk (5 cities/guns).
In particular, it is a specialized area that has the necessary infrastructure for the production, breeding, training, distribution, and use of horses and can foster and develop the industry by region or region.
In 2015, the province succeeded in designating the first inland attraction as Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs No. 2 in 2015 경마, and five regions including Gumi, Yeongcheon, Sangju, Gunwi, and Uiseong are being operated as special zones.
