Jin Byeong-yeong, Hamyang County Governor, Attends 'Local Era Vision and Strategy Seminar' Discussion

The Only Municipality Invited to Discuss as an A-Grade Recipient of the Local Extinction Response Fund

Jin Byeong-yeong, Governor of Hamyang-gun, Gyeongnam, is participating in a discussion at the Vision and Strategy Seminar for the Local Era.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Choi Soon-kyung] Jin Byeong-yeong, the mayor of Hamyang County, Gyeongnam, was the only local government head invited as a discussant to jointly discuss responses to local extinction and directions for regional balanced development.

On the 18th, according to Hamyang County, the ‘Vision and Strategy Seminar for the Local Era’ was held in the main conference room of the National Assembly Members' Office Building, attended by 15 domestic and international experts.

Co-hosted by lawmakers Koo Ja-geun and Shin Young-dae, this seminar began with a keynote speech by Woo Dong-gi, Chairman of the National Balanced Development Committee, followed by presentations including Professor Lee Ki-woo of Inha University on ‘Introduction of Educational Special Zones for Balanced Development and Educational Reform,’ Professor Oh Moon-sung of Hanyang Women’s University on ‘The New Government’s Philosophy on Regional Balanced Development and Opportunity Development Zones,’ and Masuda Hiroya, former Prime Minister of Japan, on ‘Measures to Overcome Local Extinction: The Japanese Case,’ followed by a free discussion among the expert group.

During the free discussion, Mayor Jin explained the achievements of the Hamyang Utopia Project, which has been promoted since 2020 to overcome the local extinction crisis, and inquired about the central government’s plans for institutional reforms to introduce educational special zones, as well as proposed various tax benefits and corporate incentive supports for population-declining areas.

In particular, he engaged in in-depth discussions with attendees on ways to apply Japan’s advanced cases of overcoming local extinction to South Korea.

Mayor Jin said, “Based on the discussions derived from today’s seminar, we will make further efforts to enable Hamyang County to emerge as a leading region in responding to local extinction and achieving regional balanced development.”

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