Daejeon City, Citizens Select Top Achievement: 'Designation of 1.6 Million Pyeong National Industrial Complex'

Daejeon citizens selected the "selection of the 1.6 million pyeong Nano·Semiconductor National Industrial Complex" as the greatest achievement of the 8th local government administration.

Daejeon City announced on the 20th that the online citizen vote for the "Top 10 News of the 1st Year of the 8th Local Government Administration," held from the 5th to the 14th, showed that the selection of the national industrial complex received the most votes (11.5% of the total).

Previously, Daejeon City designated the area around Gyochon-dong, Yuseong-gu as a candidate site for the national industrial complex and proposed plans to develop it as a core hub for the semiconductor industry.

Currently, Daejeon City has submitted a plan to the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy to foster a semiconductor national advanced strategic industry specialized complex linking the candidate site and Daedeok Innopolis, and is awaiting final selection.

The "designation of the space industry 3-axis research and talent development specialized district (8.8%)" ranked second in the top 10 news. The designation of the special district is expected to create synergy effects through collaboration with research institutes and universities concentrated in Daejeon, such as the Korea Aerospace Research Institute, Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute, and KAIST.

Following that, third place was "completion of total project cost negotiation for Urban Railway Line 2 Tram (7.7%)," fourth was "construction of Bomunsan Cable Car, Observation Tower, and Water Park (7.4%)," fifth was "early construction of Yuseong Complex Terminal by 2025 (6.4%)," sixth was "confirmation of Defense Acquisition Program Administration relocation to Daejeon (6.0%)," seventh was "groundbreaking of Baseball Dream Park with opening in 2025 (5.9%)," eighth was "investment agreements signed with Merck and SK On (5.5%)," ninth was "youth monthly rent support and supply of 20,000 Daejeon-style youth housing units (5.3%)," and tenth was "decision to start phase 1 construction of Chungcheong region metropolitan railway within the year (4.8%)."

Lee Jang-woo, Mayor of Daejeon, said, "The results of the Top 10 News selection are not only achievements of the 8th local government administration of Daejeon but also a kind of compass showing what Daejeon citizens want and need. Daejeon City will continue to strive to make Daejeon a citizen-centered city."

Meanwhile, a total of 12,955 people participated in the online vote, including 28% residing outside Daejeon.

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