Promulgation of the "Special Act on the Establishment of Gangwon Special Self-Governing Province"... Launch of "Gangwon Special Self-Governing Province" on June 11 Next Year

Resolution at the Cabinet Meeting on the 7th... Published in the Official Gazette on the 10th
Discovering Regional Customized Specialized Industries and Reflecting Them in Various Special Cases
Promoting Administrative System Reorganization Following the Renaming of 'Special Self-Governing Province'

Gangwon Provincial Government

[Asia Economy Reporter Ra Young-cheol] The "Special Act on the Establishment of Gangwon Special Self-Governing Province" was officially promulgated after being approved at the Cabinet meeting on the 7th and published in the official gazette on the 10th.

With the promulgation of this law, from 0:00 on June 11, 2023, one year later, the "Gangwon-do" province, which has existed for 628 years since the 4th year of King Taejo of Joseon (1395), will be abolished, and the era of "Gangwon Special Self-Governing Province" will officially begin.

"Gangwon Special Self-Governing Province" was proposed as a pledge by all four presidential candidates from major parties in the 20th presidential election and was included in the Yoon Suk-yeol administration's national agenda (15 policy tasks of the Regional Balanced Development Special Committee).

Previously, it was proposed as a pledge during the 18th (2012) and 19th (2017) presidential elections but was not pursued.

The enactment of the "Gangwon Special Self-Governing Province Establishment Act" began with the joint introduction of the "Special Act on the Establishment of Gangwon Special Self-Governing Province and Designation of the East Coast Economic Free Zone" by Lee Yang-su, a member of the People Power Party (Sokcho, Inje, Goseong, Yangyang) in September 2020, and the "Special Act on the Establishment of Gangwon Peace Special Self-Governing Province" by Heo Young, a member of the Democratic Party (Chuncheon, Cheorwon, Hwacheon, Yanggu Gap) in April 2021.

Afterward, through a legislative public hearing by the National Assembly's Public Administration and Security Committee (February 2022), the two bills were merged and reviewed, passed by the bill subcommittee (May 2022), the full committee meeting (May 2022), and the National Assembly Judiciary Committee (May 26), and finally approved at the National Assembly plenary session on the 29th of last month.

The province will engage in follow-up legislative measures during the one-year period before the special law is fully implemented, including consultations with the provincial office of education, 18 cities and counties, and other public institutions to discover regionally tailored specialized industries and reflect them in various special provisions.

It also plans to promote the revision of internal administrative systems such as corrections to cadastral and resident registration information and amendments to ordinances due to the name change to the special self-governing province.

Park Yong-sik, head of the Gangwon Province Peace Regional Development Headquarters, said, "We will devote all our efforts to follow-up legislative measures and internal administrative organization during the 'golden time' of one year ahead for the successful launch and substantial completion of the newly established Gangwon Special Self-Governing Province."

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