Jeonju City Equips Driving Force for 'Jeonju-style Metaverse' Initiative!

[Jeonju=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Han-ho] On the 23rd, Jeonju City announced that it is focusing on creating momentum to lead the ‘Jeonju-type Metaverse’ by appointing a Metaverse Chief Advisor and activating a promotion task force (TF).

Jeonju City decided to appoint a Metaverse Chief Advisor to strengthen expert consultation in the process of discovering metaverse policies and reflecting them in city administration.

The Metaverse Chief Advisor will be appointed as an expert equipped with specialized knowledge in the ICT (Information and Communication Technology) field and capable of communicating with central government ministries.

The Metaverse Chief Advisor will be responsible for comprehensive review and advisory roles from metaverse policy planning to project execution, including △overall coordination of Jeonju City’s digital new deal promotion direction and strategy △discovery of national metaverse projects and proposal of applicable areas for city administration △proposal of open metaverse platform development incorporating public services △collaborative activities with central ministries to secure national budget.

Along with this, Jeonju City decided to form and operate the ‘Jeonju-type Metaverse Promotion TF.’

This includes Jeonju city officials, the Metaverse Chief Advisor, as well as related institution personnel such as Jeonju Information & Culture Industry Promotion Agency and Korea Land and Geospatial Informatix Corporation (LX).

The TF will focus on core strategies such as △strengthening future city competitiveness through operation of metaverse promotion cooperation bodies △enhancing citizen awareness transformation through expansion of digital inclusion policies △creating digital new deal jobs through digital convergence of all industries △realizing ‘Meta Jeonju’ by expanding project scale through government and private investment attraction △revitalizing the local economy by establishing a digital virtual convergence economic base, aiming to implement Jeonju-type metaverse policies.

In addition, Jeonju City plans to discover metaverse projects in fields such as culture, tourism, and digital twin through the operation of the Metaverse Chief Advisor and TF, and to hold education and seminars to expand the metaverse base.

It also plans to cooperate with private companies and academia to foster metaverse professionals.

Meanwhile, the metaverse is a compound word of Meta, meaning virtual or abstract, and Universe, meaning the real world, and has emerged as a core keyword in the digital field as non-face-to-face transitions accelerate.

Jeonju=Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Han-ho stonepeak@asiae.co.kr

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