Sangui, Establishes Seven 'Gyuje Ae-ro Reception Centers' Nationwide to Receive Unreasonable Regulations and Corporate Difficulties

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[Asia Economy Reporter Jeong Dong-hoon] A private-sector regulation innovation reception system focused on regions and local sites will be launched.

On the 13th, the Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry announced that it has established 'Regional Regulatory Difficulty Centers' at chambers of commerce in Seoul, Busan, Daegu, Incheon, Gwangju, Daejeon, and Ulsan, and will continuously receive regulatory and business difficulties from local companies in six major areas?investment difficulties, new industries, environment, location, labor, and management?both online and offline.

The proposals received by the Regional Regulatory Difficulty Centers will be compiled by the Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry and submitted once a week to the Office for Government Policy Coordination. The Office for Government Policy Coordination will conduct regulatory improvement consultations with relevant ministries for each proposal and provide feedback within two weeks (business days).

The Chamber stated that the most distinctive feature of this regulatory improvement system is that by separating the 'reception function' and the 'policy coordination function,' it maximizes the strengths held by both the private and public sectors, allowing the private sector to take the lead in discovering and receiving regulations centered on regions and local sites.

The strength of the regional chambers of commerce (private sector) lies in their good accessibility and high understanding of local issues, enabling local companies to communicate their difficulties without burden. The Office for Government Policy Coordination has the advantage of extensive experience and know-how in consultations with regulatory ministries and policy coordination as the government's regulatory improvement control tower. The collaboration system between the Regional Regulatory Difficulty Centers and the Office for Government Policy Coordination is a regulatory improvement process that combines only the strengths of the private and public sectors, according to the Chamber.

What companies proposing regulations or business difficulties most desire is 'clear and prompt feedback on the ministry review results.' Companies are in a position where they must desperately wait for feedback because if they cannot predict the outcome of even the smallest regulation proposal, all related activities come to a complete stop.

An official from a large corporation said, "From a company's perspective, receiving accurate feedback on the proposal content is essential to continue business activities," adding, "It is difficult to clearly understand the relevant content through government announcements or press releases, so a representative channel that handles proposal reception, ministry review, and result notification is necessary."

An official from a small and medium-sized enterprise in Gyeonggi Province stated, "There were many cases where we proposed unreasonable regulations to the relevant ministries but did not receive clear responses regarding progress or decisions," and emphasized, "A prompt response system is needed."

Reflecting these difficulties, a deadline has been set to provide feedback on ministry consultation results within two weeks for proposals received by the Regional Regulatory Difficulty Centers. Additionally, dedicated operating organizations will be established at each regional chamber of commerce to allow continuous reception of regulations both online and offline.

Woo Tae-hee, Executive Vice President of the Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry, said, "Although there were organizations jointly promoting regulatory improvements between the private and public sectors before, they were operated mainly by dedicated organizations in Seoul, so there were limitations in covering even minor regulations and difficulties experienced at the business site level by regional companies," adding, "Going forward, we will operate the regional reception centers so that companies can contact us without any burden even for small regulations and difficulties."

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