Prime Minister Jeong Se-gyun (left) and Park Yong-man, chairman of the Korean Chamber of Commerce and Industry, waved their hands toward online attendees at the 2021 New Year’s Meeting held in Daehan Sang-gu, Jung-gu, Seoul on the 7th. Joint coverage photo
Park Yong-man, chairman of the Korean Chamber of Commerce and Industry, wrote a bitter voice to the politics, saying, “It is possible to deal with the economic legislative processes so that they do not get buried in the political schedule, only when politics and economic issues are clearly separated and approached.”
Chairman Park said at the ‘2021 New Year’s Meeting in Economics’ held at the New Year’s New Year in Jung-gu, Seoul, on the 7th, “I am worried that we are falling behind to a level that only we cannot handle in the rapidly changing global industry.” Said together.
This new year’s meeting was first burned since 1962 in the aftermath of a novel coronavirus infection (Corona 19). Only four people, including Prime Minister Jeong Sye-gyun, Chairman Park Yong-man, Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy Sung Yun-mo, and Korean Trade Union Chairman Kim Dong-myeong, were present at the site, and about 600 key figures from various fields, including political affairs, business, labor, and diplomatic missions in Korea, were watched through video.
In his greeting, Chairman Park said, “Last year, the uncertainty continued throughout the year due to Corona 19, and there seems to be no day of comfort as a business person.” “I am particularly sorry for the difficulties of small and medium-sized businesses and small business people.”
Chairman Park ordered that we should look into and deal with the impact of the changes in our economy caused by Corona 19 in the mid to long term. Chairman Park continued, “The accumulating private debt and asset market imbalance is a problem facing not only Korea but also major countries, and appropriate review and corresponding measures will follow in the future.” “In the process, the business conditions of companies are rapidly deteriorating. I hope that there will be a’stable and balanced exit strategy’ that manages to avoid work.”
They also pointed out that all efforts should be made to restore the dynamics of the Korean economy. Chairman Park said to the politicians, “I ask for a forward-looking effort this year to deal with the legislation that can increase the industrial metabolism in the National Assembly.” It will be possible to deal with it.”
At the end of the event, he did not leave out advice about the business world. Chairman Park said, “The era when our society supported only corporate growth and profits, and rationalized all corporate behaviors only with growth and profits, is now over.” “Companies also recognized that they were members of civil society and listened to various voices of society. I look forward to taking the initiative and paying attention.”
The government attended the New Year’s greetings by vice-premier Hong Nam-ki, small and medium-sized venture business minister Park Young-sun, and Commissioner of Customs Service Roh Seok-hwan. In the business world, major companies such as In-yong Lee, President of Samsung Electronics, Young-woon Gong, President of Hyundai Motors, Dong-Hyun Jang, President of SK Corp., Bang-Soo Lee, President of LG, Dong-woo Lee, CEO of Lotte Holdings, Ja-eun Koo, Chairman of LS Mtron, and Chairman Hyun Jung-eun of Hyundai Group, and 41 chambers of commerce nationwide. The presidency attended by video. Overseas merchants also greeted online, even from a distance.
Hosted by the Korean Prize since 1962, the New Year’s Meeting in the economy is the largest event in the business world, attended by major businessmen, government ministers, members of the National Assembly, diplomatic missions in Korea, and representatives of social groups, academics and media.
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