Daejeon and Sejong Collaborate to Become Metropolitan Hub Cities... Establishing Strategic and Multifaceted Partnership

Daejeon Mayor Heo Tae-jeong (left) and Sejong Mayor Lee Chun-hee (right) are posing for a commemorative photo after signing the "2020 Daejeon-Sejong Win-Win Cooperation Agreement." Photo by Sejong City

[Asia Economy (Daejeon) Reporter Jeong Il-woong] Daejeon and Sejong will cooperate with each other to leap forward as metropolitan hub cities. To this end, the two local governments plan to establish a strategic and multifaceted partnership.

On the 3rd, Daejeon City and Sejong City announced that they will jointly promote the designation of economic free zones and the improvement of metropolitan transportation systems as part of building a metropolitan economic zone for both cities.

On the same day, the two local governments also signed the "2020 Daejeon-Sejong Win-Win Cooperation Memorandum of Understanding," which centers on these contents.

The agreement was signed based on the recognition that most of the cooperation tasks from the first agreement signed in 2015 have been completed and that it is necessary to promote mutual growth and win-win development of the two cities as Sejong City grows into a practical administrative capital.

The main contents of the agreement include ▲ holding regular policy meetings to establish and maintain a partnership cooperation relationship ▲ designating economic free zones to form a metropolitan economic zone as a hub of innovation growth in the Chungcheong region ▲ strengthening the cooperation system for the International Science Business Belt.

In particular, to alleviate commuting traffic inconveniences for citizens traveling between Daejeon and Sejong, they plan to mutually cooperate in building a railway transportation network, expanding metropolitan bus routes, and developing alternative roads as part of establishing a metropolitan transportation system.

They will also place emphasis on improving the metropolitan transportation system, including the designation of economic free zones in Daejeon and Sejong to form a metropolitan economic zone, building a railway transportation network to alleviate citizen traffic inconveniences, and developing alternative roads.

In continuation, the heads of the two local governments signed a joint petition to the government to have the Daejeon Urban Railway Line 1 connection project to Sejong, centered on building a metropolitan railway transportation network as a core infrastructure project for forming a metropolitan economic zone, reflected in the 4th National Railway Network Construction Plan.

Heo Tae-jung, Mayor of Daejeon, said, "Daejeon and Sejong have already formed a joint living area and are becoming a community of destiny that will create a model for the practical completion of the administrative capital and balanced national development together," adding, "Daejeon and Sejong will cooperate with each other to establish a foundation for the Chungcheong region to coexist beyond the local level."

Lee Chun-hee, Mayor of Sejong, said, "We will strive for the two cities to form a metropolitan economic zone and rise as hub cities of the Chungcheong region," adding, "To this end, Sejong will cooperate with Daejeon so that the Chungcheong region can lead and develop balanced national development together, including alleviating congestion in the metropolitan area."

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