Gimhae City Launches Full-Scale Operation of Population Policy Task Force

Gimhae City, Gyeongnam Province, has formed a Practical Task Force for Population Policy and held its first meeting. [Image source=Gimhae City]

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Lee Sang-hyun] Gimhae City in Gyeongnam announced on the 31st that it held the 1st Population Policy Working Group meeting.

To respond to low birth rates and aging, the city is officially launching the Population Policy Working Group, led by the vice mayor and composed of team leaders from 32 teams across 21 population policy-related departments. The working group will operate divided into five sectors: marriage and childbirth, childcare and education, employment, aging, and housing and residential environment.

At this first meeting, the city reviewed the progress of population policy projects and exchanged various opinions on population policy promotion plans and new projects in the era of ultra-low birth rates.

The city plans to regularize the working group meetings quarterly to discover and promote new projects in areas such as youth population inflow and outflow prevention policies, childbirth and childcare policies, and aging society response policies. It will also continuously monitor existing policies to enhance the execution and public perception of population policies.

Vice Mayor Kang Deok-chul said, “Due to prolonged economic instability caused by COVID-19 and young people's reluctance toward marriage and childbirth, low birth rates have become entrenched, making it a critical time for policies to increase birth rates and attract young populations.” He added, “We will actively operate the working group to discover and implement effective population policies so that the city can successfully overcome the population crisis.”

Meanwhile, the city is actively responding to demographic changes caused by low birth rates and aging and is promoting 152 customized population policies this year across five sectors: marriage and childbirth, childcare and education, employment, housing and residential environment, and aging, to create a “happy city where all generations enjoy and grow together.”

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