Yongin City Establishes 'New Growth Strategy Bureau' Dedicated to Semiconductor Support and Organizational Restructuring

Yongin City Hall Panorama

[Asia Economy (Yongin) = Reporter Lee Young-gyu] Yongin City in Gyeonggi Province is establishing a new dedicated organization called the 'New Growth Strategy Bureau' to focus on fostering and supporting the semiconductor industry, and is also creating a 'Civil Cooperation Officer' position to assist the district mayor in strengthening administrative services in Cheoin-gu.

Yongin City announced on the 3rd that it plans to submit the 'Partial Amendment to the Ordinance on the Administrative Organization and Staff of Yongin City,' which includes this organizational restructuring plan, to the 2nd regular session of the 268th Yongin City Council scheduled for the 21st.

This restructuring plan focuses on laying the foundation of the organization by discovering new strategic projects to secure future growth engines and reorganizing administrative functions to enhance the execution power of innovative policies, aiming to realize the core pledges of the 8th elected administration.

Once the restructuring plan passes the city council, 1 bureau, 5 divisions, and 13 teams will be newly established, and 1 division and 3 teams will be abolished, adjusting the organization to '2 offices, 7 bureaus, 1 division, 57 divisions, and 231 teams.'

As a special organizational provision for large cities with a population exceeding 1 million, Yongin City will establish the New Growth Strategy Bureau under the second vice mayor, enabled by the addition of one bureau and the creation of one assistant officer to the district mayor at the 3rd and 4th grade levels.

The bureau will include the New Growth Strategy Division, Semiconductor Divisions 1 and 2, and the 4th Industrial Convergence Division, focusing on attracting semiconductor companies, building industrial infrastructure, establishing a semiconductor high school for talent development, and fostering the related ecosystem including the construction of the semiconductor highway, a core pledge of the 8th elected administration.

The 4th Industrial Convergence Division will provide convergent services that solve urban problems through core technologies of the 4th Industrial Revolution such as artificial intelligence (AI), metaverse, and big data, as well as laying the foundation for smart city creation.

Additionally, to strengthen administrative services in Cheoin-gu, where large-scale development projects often cause resident conflicts, a Civil Cooperation Officer position will be established. This officer will collect opinions and mediate conflict management to resolve collective civil complaints.

Following the transfer of special administrative tasks from Gyeonggi Province, a Logistics and Freight Division will also be newly created within the Transportation and Construction Bureau. Composed of the Logistics Policy Team, Logistics Complex Team, and Freight Transport Team, it will unify related tasks such as logistics complexes, warehouses, and terminals, and systematically manage the proliferation of logistics warehouses.

Along with this, departments will be reorganized to proactively respond to internal and external administrative environmental changes and strengthen policy functions.

The Office of Autonomous Administration will be reorganized into the Planning and Coordination Office, strengthening administrative capabilities by including the Policy Planning Officer directly under the first vice mayor, Youth Officer, and Legal Affairs Officer, in addition to the existing five divisions.

The Education and Culture Bureau will be renamed the Education, Culture, Sports, and Tourism Bureau, aiming to strengthen the living culture infrastructure to realize the city's slogan, 'Yongin Renaissance Made Together for the Future.'

Also, to serve as a control tower for livelihood stabilization policies, the Regional Economy Division will be reorganized into the Livelihood Economy Division, the Climate Energy Division will be renamed the Climate and Air Division, and the Urban Cleanliness Division will be renamed the Resource Circulation Division.

The Gyeonggi Province Comprehensive Sports Competition Promotion Team, which will cease operations at the end of this year, will be abolished.

Along with the organizational restructuring, the total staff will increase by 65, from 3,236 to 3,301. This includes 46 dedicated personnel for visiting health and welfare services assigned to towns, townships, and neighborhoods, and one professional committee member due to the increase in council seats.

Mayor Lee Sang-il of Yongin emphasized, "We have newly reorganized the entire organization to realize the pledges of the 8th elected administration," adding, "The restructuring plan contains a vision to lead the city's development by establishing a foundation for advanced technologies centered on the national strategic semiconductor industry and expanding transportation networks such as highways that organically connect these technologies."

The city completed the legislative notice for the 'Partial Amendment to the Ordinance on the Administrative Organization and Staff of Yongin City' last month.

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