Chungnam Accelerates Construction of Bay Valley Megacity

[Asia Economy (Hongseong) Reporter Jeong Il-woong] Chungnam Province is tightening its efforts to build the Bay Valley Mega City.

This project, a core pledge of the 8th local government administration, aims to develop the northern Chungnam region including Cheonan, Asan, Dangjin, and Seosan, as well as the southern Gyeonggi region including Pyeongtaek, Anseong, Hwaseong, and Osan, into a global economic hub for semiconductors, displays, and the hydrogen economy.

The province announced on the 12th that it held the first meeting of the Bay Valley Mega City Promotion Task Force at the Chungnam Provincial Office.

Previously, the province formed the task force just five days after the launch of the 8th local government administration. The first meeting was held 12 days after the launch.

The task force was established to carry out key duties such as ▲promoting cooperation for the construction of the Bay Valley Mega City ▲implementing department-specific projects and discovering new projects ▲consulting and joint response with Gyeonggi Province.

The team leader is the head of the Provincial Planning and Coordination Office, and team members include nine department heads responsible for policy planning, small business economy, investment location, future growth, energy, water management policy, construction policy, road/rail/air, marine policy, and shipping/ports. Affiliated institutions such as the Chungnam Research Institute and Chungnam Technopark also joined.

The department-specific responsibilities are subdivided into restoring the Yellow Sea Economic Free Zone Authority and establishing a public-private win-win development committee, creating large-scale advanced national industrial complexes such as the Cheonan livestock breeding site, discovering future new growth and 4th industrial revolution tasks, establishing a hydrogen energy convergence industrial belt, cooperating on water use in the northwestern Chungnam area of the Han River basin, and exploring the application of the Pyeongtaek Support Act to parts of Dunpo-myeon, Asan City.

The task force plans to share and review the progress of department-specific projects and discuss cooperation measures through regular and ad hoc meetings going forward.

A provincial official said, “The construction of the Bay Valley Mega City is a core task of the 8th local government administration, jointly promoted by Chungnam Province and Gyeonggi Province in areas such as industrial economy, port logistics, tourism, and SOC. The task force will share and review various project plans and establish detailed implementation plans for department-specific projects by October.”

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