"Chungcheong Region United Voice: 'Speed Up the Relocation of Public Institutions to Innovation Cities'"

[Asia Economy (Daejeon) Reporter Jeong Il-woong] A joint petition urging the relocation of public institutions to the Daejeon and Chungnam Innovation Cities has been adopted.

On the 9th, Daejeon City announced that at the ‘Chungcheong Region Win-Win Development Forum’ held on the same day, a ‘Joint Petition on the Relocation of Public Institutions to Daejeon and Chungnam Innovation Cities’ was adopted under the names of local government heads of Daejeon, Sejong, Chungnam, and Chungbuk.

In the petition, the four governors of the Chungcheong region urged the prompt relocation of public institutions currently located in the Seoul metropolitan area to local regions and the strengthening of practical development policies for the 12 innovation cities nationwide.

They also proposed to the government and the National Assembly to promote national balanced development policies, such as awarding additional balanced development points to non-metropolitan areas when evaluating government public contest projects.

The forum also featured presentations and discussions on the theme of ‘Exploring New Balanced Development Theory’ by former Minister of Environment Cho Myung-rae and ‘Directions and Policy Tasks for Forming a Chungcheong Region Mega City’ by Dr. Oh Yong-jun of the Chungnam Research Institute.

In particular, participants in the discussion focused on strategies for the second phase of public institution relocation to establish key cities in the Chungcheong region and on development plans for transportation, tourism, and industry linking the West Coast and Chungcheong inland areas to build an east-west development axis in the Chungcheong region.

At the forum, Seo Cheol-mo, Deputy Mayor of Daejeon City, said, “For national balanced development, the second phase of public institution relocation to local areas must be promptly promoted,” adding, “Through this, the Chungcheong region should take a leading role in building a Chungcheong Region Mega City and dispersing the concentrated pressure on the Seoul metropolitan area.”

Meanwhile, the forum was hosted by the Chungcheong Region Public-Private-Government Council. The council is a public-private-government cooperative organization established with the goals of completing the administrative capital, promoting win-win development in the Chungcheong region, national balanced development, and local decentralization.

The council consists of 20 members, including the four governors of the Chungcheong region, Democratic Party city and provincial party chairpersons, city and provincial council chairs, and private representatives, and was launched in September last year.

Since its launch, the council held its first forum in May on the theme of ‘Construction of the National Assembly Sejong Branch and Chungcheong Region Mega City Strategy.’

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