Four Cities and Provinces in Chungcheong Region Unite to Establish a 'Metropolitan Living Economic Zone'

[Asia Economy (Sejong) Reporter Jeong Il-woong] Four cities and provinces in the Chungcheong region have agreed to join forces to establish a wide-area living economic zone in Chungcheong.

According to Sejong City on the 20th, the Chungcheong Regional Administrative Council held its 29th regular meeting at the National Sejong Arboretum auditorium and reached a consensus on mutual cooperation to build a wide-area living economic zone in Chungcheong.

The council includes Daejeon City, Sejong City, Chungnam Province, and Chungbuk Province. Currently, Yang Seung-jo, Governor of Chungnam Province, serves as the council chairman. At the meeting, Sejong Mayor Lee Chun-hee, Daejeon Mayor Heo Tae-jung, Chungnam Governor Yang Seung-jo, and Chungbuk Governor Lee Si-jong adopted a joint agreement, agreeing to strengthen cooperation for joint development in all fields including social, cultural, and economic by forming Chungcheong as a single living and economic zone.

They also agreed to actively cooperate to complete the administrative capital and innovation city, establish a super-wide autonomous vehicle special zone and Chungcheong Silicon Valley, and build a wide-area transportation network in Chungcheong.

Additionally, each city and province adopted joint cooperation agendas including the Chungcheong inland city travel wide-area tourism development project, Chungcheong Silicon Valley establishment, Chungcheong autonomous driving commercialization zone creation, and the prompt establishment of KBS Chungnam Broadcasting Station.

With the adoption of the joint agreement, the four cities and provinces of Chungcheong expect that the recently proposed construction of the general railway Sejong Line (ITX Sejong Line, Seoul-Sejong operation) by Sejong City to the government will gain momentum, and that joint responses to the construction of the National Assembly Sejong Branch will strengthen efforts to complete the administrative capital.

Sejong Mayor Lee Chun-hee said, “Chungcheong is a community of destiny that will create a model for the practical completion of the administrative capital and balanced national development,” adding, “To rewrite the history of the Republic of Korea, the four cities and provinces of Chungcheong will continue to cooperate to form a wide-area economic zone.”

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