Hapcheon-gun Holds First Meeting of Population Decline Area Response Committee

Establishment of a Customized Comprehensive Plan to Overcome Population Decline

Hapcheon-gun, Gyeongnam Province, held a ceremony on the 23rd on the second floor of the county office to present appointment letters to the appointed members of the Population Decline Area Response Committee and held its first meeting.

The county formed the Hapcheon-gun Population Decline Area Response Committee to efficiently implement population increase policies and respond to the crisis in population decline areas.

The committee consists of a total of 15 members, including Chairman Lee Seon-gi, the vice county governor, heads of related departments, members of the county council, and appointed members with extensive experience and knowledge in population policy, education, women and childcare, return-to-farming and return-to-village, and housing sectors. The committee will advise on overall population policies of Hapcheon-gun and perform roles such as deliberation according to the Special Act on Support for Population Decline Areas.

Gyeongnam Hapcheon-gun is holding a meeting of the Population Decline Area Response Committee.

Following the appointment ceremony, the meeting proceeded with deliberations on the basic plan and the 2023 implementation plan for Hapcheon-gun’s population decline area.

With the enforcement of the Special Act on Support for Population Decline Areas, from this year, 89 basic local governments nationwide designated as population decline areas must establish a five-year (2022?2026) basic plan and an implementation plan (2023).

Hapcheon-gun has been striving to discover customized projects reflecting the characteristics of Hapcheon-gun through administrative efforts, expert and resident consultations, starting with research services from January to respond to local extinction.

As a result, four strategies, 12 action tasks, and 23 detailed projects were identified: ▲ creative local job creation based on Hapcheon’s specialized resources ▲ fostering local talent for the region’s future hope ▲ revitalizing population through expansion of living population ▲ improving living environment to enhance quality of life. After deliberation and resolution, the plan will be submitted to Gyeongnam Province by the 31st.

A county official stated, “We will do our best to create a ‘Hopeful Future Hapcheon’ by systematically responding to population decline and regional extinction through the preparation of mid- to long-term response policies considering Hapcheon-gun’s conditions.”

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