Park Young-sun Visits Magok Following Chang-dong, "Developing into a Smart City"

Good Example of a 21-Minute Compact City in M Valley Magok District

[Asia Economy Reporter Oh Ju-yeon] Park Young-sun, former Minister of SMEs and Startups and a candidate for the Seoul mayoral by-election, visited M Valley Magok District in Gangseo-gu, Seoul on the 7th and stated, "I will develop it into a smart city representing the Republic of Korea."

Former Minister Park Young-sun, a candidate in the Democratic Party of Korea's Seoul mayoral primary, is touching ginseng being grown in the leafy vegetable cultivation room of the smart farm at Magoknaru Station in Seoul on the 7th. Photo by National Assembly Press Photographers Group

Visiting Magok for the second 'Again Walking Seoul' event following last week's visit to Chang-dong, former Minister Park mentioned her pledge of a '21-minute compact city,' introducing "M Valley Magok District as a good model for this."

Former Minister Park said, "I will spare no support to elevate Gangseo-gu, where Gimpo Airport and Magok are located, into an international digital economy gateway city and to establish M Valley, a model case of a smart green city, as a hub of the Fourth Industrial Revolution," adding, "I will develop Magok District, which has already gained international recognition as a lifestyle-oriented smart city, into a smart city."

She emphasized, "Magok has excellent airport accessibility and high urban competitiveness," promising the designation of M Valley as a digital innovation district, the establishment of the Magok Smart City Control Center, and the attraction of the Magok R&D Data Center.

In particular, to complete Magok's '21-minute compact city,' she pledged to create 'streets you want to walk' around Seoul Botanical Garden and Magok Lake and to start early construction of a branch of the Seoul Library, making it 'Magok that loves libraries.'

Former Minister Park stated, "In the vertical garden smart farm within the Green Daehak City, citizens will be able to grow vegetables and solve food issues, as well as engage in exercise and healthcare," emphasizing, "Ultimately, this will be the first step toward a carbon-zero era."

Meanwhile, during her tenure as Minister of SMEs and Startups in May 2019, Park Young-sun visited LG Science Park, which fosters in-house ventures, and formed a connection with Magok District by easing regulations on startup incubation spaces. At that time, LG Science Park wished to lease internal spaces to in-house ventures and startups, but regulations initially prohibited leasing to external startups. Former Minister Park personally engaged in listening to various opinions on open innovation, reached a prompt agreement with the Seoul Metropolitan Government to ease regulations, and enabled leasing spaces to startups.

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