Incheon City Promotes Organizational Restructuring with Establishment of 'Global City Bureau and Future Industry Bureau'... Strengthening Citizen Safety Headquarters

Incheon City Hall

[Asia Economy Reporter Park Hyesook] Incheon City is undertaking a large-scale organizational restructuring centered on 'leap forward' and 'citizen safety.'

On the 7th, the city announced an organizational restructuring plan that includes establishing the Global City Bureau, Future Industry Bureau, and Public Relations Headquarters, as well as expanding and strengthening the Citizen Safety Headquarters to realize the vision and administrative goals of the 8th elected administration.

The 'Global City Bureau' will be responsible for and oversee Incheon's future development strategy, the 'New Global City Incheon' project. It plans to focus its capabilities on advancing Incheon beyond a top domestic city to a world-class city by promoting projects such as Jemulpo Renaissance and New Hong Kong City development, investment attraction, smart city construction, international cooperation, and urban design.

Jemulpo Renaissance is a project to transform Incheon’s inner port (formerly Jemulpo), which led Korea’s modernization, and the surrounding old downtown into a cultural, tourism, and industrial convergence city. New Hong Kong City involves building a global financial hub linking Yeongjong Island, the southern part of Ganghwa Island, Songdo, Cheongna, and the Seoul Metropolitan Landfill.

The 'Future Industry Bureau,' which will drive the era of a regional gross domestic product (GRDP) of 100 trillion won, focuses on Incheon’s leap as Korea’s second-largest economic city following Seoul.

To further strengthen Incheon’s leading export sector, semiconductors, the bureau plans to focus on attracting a semiconductor specialized complex (scheduled to be selected in the first half of next year), establishing the K-Bio Lab Hub as Incheon’s future growth engine, and building an Incheon-type hydrogen ecosystem.

The city will also establish a 'Public Relations Headquarters' to share major administrative issues with citizens and develop urban brand projects that citizens can experience firsthand.

The Health Bureau will be incorporated into the Citizen Safety Headquarters to concentrate efforts on ensuring citizen safety and healthy living.

To secure the golden time for disaster response, the city has integrated and reorganized the overall disaster situation functions into the Safety Situation Room, enabling faster and more accurate situation reporting, dissemination, and management. Additionally, a new dedicated department called the 'Safety Prevention Division' will be created to proactively respond to citizen safety risks, and a 'Origin Investigation Team' will be established within the Special Judicial Police to ensure food safety.

Furthermore, the city will establish the West Sea 5 Islands Special Support Group to improve living conditions on the West Sea 5 Islands and promote legal amendments to strengthen support in administrative, financial, and security areas.

The city plans to submit amendments to the ordinance on the establishment of administrative organizations and the ordinance on the number of public officials to the city council in January next year and implement the organizational restructuring in February.

Incheon Mayor Yoo Jeong-bok stated, "This organizational restructuring reflects our determination to realize Incheon’s leap to a world-class city by implementing campaign promises, strengthening citizen safety, and realizing Incheon’s future vision."

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