Gunsan City Overcomes Population Decline Crisis Through Various Projects

Focusing Administrative Efforts on Developing Population Growth Policies

Photo by Gunsan City Provided

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Hong Jae-hee] Gunsan City, Jeonbuk, is launching various population policies to overcome the crisis as the psychological population threshold of 270,000 has been breached.

On the 29th, the city announced that it is focusing administrative efforts on discovering population increase policies to turn the population decline crisis into an opportunity for transformation.

To prepare population measures, the city held a Population Policy Committee meeting in February to discuss the current population status, 58 key projects across five sectors, and the direction of population policies.

Since April, the city has held a series of relay meetings for the Gunsan-type Population Policy T/F team to respond to the population decline crisis and intensively discover practical population policies suited to local conditions.

Along with this, the city formed a Population Policy T/F team to discuss the direction of a total of 20 projects, including 12 new projects and 8 ongoing projects.

To raise citizens' interest in population policies, the city published the "2020 Population Policy Guidebook," which includes support policies related to pregnancy, childbirth, and childcare, and distributed it to towns, health centers, and local obstetrics and gynecology clinics.

Additionally, to realize communication administration through direct citizen participation, the city held a Population Policy UCC contest, selecting five winning works to be actively used as promotional materials.

Going forward, the city plans to continuously operate various projects and events in the second half of the year to overcome population issues.

In this regard, the city plans to promote the "Cheerful Family Photo Exhibition," which raises awareness of the importance of family and fosters a marriage and childbirth-friendly social atmosphere, a Population Policy Citizen Roundtable Discussion, public institution and organization population policy practice agreements, and matchmaking events for unmarried men and women.

A city official said, "Since Gunsan City's population is in crisis, we will do our utmost to create an opportunity for transformation through various projects in the second half of the year."

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