The Western Cape Government (WCG) will be leading a delegation to South Korea to strengthen trade ties with the city and region of Busan.
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According to Southern Africa’s Freight News, the WCG and Busan Metropolitan Municipality signed a cooperation agreement in 2 000. Busan is the country’s second-most populous city and is located in the Southeastern Maritime Industrial Region, which is also the largest industrial area in South Korea.
The delegation will explore energy and logistics, among other crucial fields, during the trip. ‘Through strategic international partnerships, like the one we have with South Korea, we must keep learning from other countries and bring these lessons back home so that we can optimise key aspects of our provincial economy,’ says Western Cape Premier Alan Winde.
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The Busan Metropolitan Municipality’s director for future energy, Park Su Won, says there is an urgent need to decarbonise Busan’s economy. The goal is to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050. To this, Winde said that the Western Cape’s Energy Resilience Programme factors the important role of renewable energy and independent power producers in the province’s plan for energy resilience.
‘We want to consider what our South Korean partners are doing to make this logistics hub the success that it currently is and utilise these insights for the Port of Cape Town (PoCT). The PoCT was ranked 344th out of 348 ports on the Container Port Performance Index for 2022. This is unacceptable if we are to achieve breakout economic growth as envisaged in our Growth For Jobs plan.’
The delegation will visit the Port of Busan, which is the largest in South Korea.
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