Yongin City to Put Various Administrative Regulations on the Operating Table

Yongin City Hall Exterior View

[Asia Economy (Yongin) = Reporter Lee Young-gyu] Yongin City in Gyeonggi Province is undertaking various administrative regulatory reforms.

Yongin City recently announced on the 12th that it has established the "2023 Yongin City Regulatory Reform Promotion Plan," which focuses on discovering and improving new regulatory reforms based on a roadmap of 10 tasks across three key areas: ▲field-centered regulatory improvement task discovery ▲establishment of a regulatory innovation foundation ▲strengthening regulatory innovation capabilities.

To this end, the city will hold quarterly meetings of the "Yongin City Local Regulatory Innovation TF," chaired by the first deputy mayor, to manage key tasks by division and monitor the implementation status of regulatory innovation.

In addition, for complex regulations involving multiple ministries or intertwined regulations, the city plans to continuously propose improvements to central government ministries. Furthermore, emphasis will be placed on improving livelihood regulations that hinder business growth or obstruct the economic activities of small business owners.

Major targets for improvement include shadow regulations that apply unreasonable standards through non-legislative means such as administrative guidance, verbal instructions, notifications, standards, and work manuals, as well as behavioral regulations such as passive actions by public officials that cause long delays from permit application to approval.

For new industries and new technology sectors where legal grounds are insufficient and institutional blind spots may occur, the city plans to address issues by transitioning to comprehensive negative regulations or linking with regulatory sandbox systems.

Mayor Lee Sang-il of Yongin emphasized, "It is important to reasonably improve excessive regulations so that they do not hinder the activities of entrepreneurs and citizens," adding, "We will spare no support to discover regulatory improvement tasks that citizens can feel, leading to revitalization of the local economy and enhancement of citizen convenience."

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