Changwon City Policy Research Institute and Changwon Chamber of Commerce Propose 'Grand Design for Changwon National Industrial Complex'

The Future 50 Years of Changwon Special City: Presenting New Innovation Strategy Directions and Plans

On the 50th anniversary of the designation of Changwon National Industrial Complex, the direction for the ‘Changwon National Industrial Complex Future 50 Years Grand Design’ to lead a new future was presented.

The ‘Changwon Special City Innovation Growth, Changwon National Industrial Complex Future 50 Years Grand Design Seminar’ was held on the 29th at the City Hall Citizen Hall. The grand design to lead the future of Changwon Special City, including the Changwon National Industrial Complex, was jointly hosted by the Changwon City Policy Research Institute, the think tank for Changwon Special City’s future innovation growth, and the Changwon Chamber of Commerce and Industry, which leads the local economy.

‘Changwon National Industrial Complex Future 50 Years Grand Design’ Proposed

At this seminar, key stakeholders leading the future innovation of Changwon Special City, including Hong Nam-pyo, Mayor of Changwon Special City, Kim I-geun, Chairman of Changwon Special City Council, Lee Jeong-hwan, Director of Korea Institute of Materials Science, and Lee Won-geun, President of Changshin University, attended in large numbers to brighten the event.

Mayor Hong, in his special lecture commemorating his first anniversary in office titled ‘The Vigorous Start of the Challenge Toward Changwon’s Future 50 Years,’ announced that over the past year, he laid the foundation for Changwon Special City’s innovative growth by promoting ▲ attraction and additional designation of Changwon National Industrial Complex 2.0 ▲ advancement of core industries such as accelerating the restoration of the nuclear industry ecosystem and fostering future new industries ▲ support for overseas market development ▲ selection of S-BRT and Masan Station future-type transfer center pilot projects ▲ innovation in public transportation, establishment of the 2040 Changwon Urban Master Plan, and reorganization of district unit plans for detached housing areas ▲ establishment of marine policy master plan ▲ and restructuring of urban spatial structure.

Hong Nampyo, Mayor of Changwon Special City, Gyeongnam, is giving a special lecture on the first anniversary of his inauguration.

Mayor Hong also mentioned that through work innovation, financial innovation, and organizational innovation at Changwon Special City Hall, the execution power of innovation was secured. Moving forward, based on the foundation of innovative growth, he expressed a strong determination to do his best to establish Changwon Special City as a Northeast Asia hub city by completing ▲ a leading city of the 4th Industrial Revolution ▲ a city where companies and people gather ▲ a city of sustainable growth ▲ and a city fully connected in all directions.

In the keynote speech, Koo Ja-cheon, Chairman of the Changwon Chamber of Commerce and Industry, evaluated the Changwon National Industrial Complex, which has been the stage for the development of Changwon’s core industries such as machinery, defense, aviation, shipbuilding, automobile, and home appliances for 50 years, as the central industrial complex of Gyeongnam and a key player in South Korea’s growth. He expressed confidence that the Changwon National Industrial Complex, which has overcome major global economic crises as opportunities, will also wisely overcome new challenges in the next 50 years through the future development directions of ‘E·Y·E (Expend, Youth, Entrepreneurship)’: ▲ expansion of core competencies and industrial areas (Expend) ▲ building an industrial complex where youth stay and enjoy various attractions (Youth) ▲ entrepreneurial spirit of adventure, challenge, and innovation (Entrepreneurship), fostering change and cooperation in Changwon Special City.

In the following thematic presentations, three experts presented future visions. First, Kang Ho-je, Senior Research Fellow at the Korea Research Institute for Human Settlements, proposed crisis overcoming strategies for creating future-type industrial complexes, including ▲ improving the regional economic structure ▲ creating sustainable jobs ▲ responding to climate change, emphasizing the creation of industrial complexes with excellent living conditions and carbon neutrality, relocation of public institutions, and attraction of strategic industries.

The second presenter, Kim Young-soo, Senior Research Fellow at the Korea Institute for Industrial Economics and Trade, pointed out that the cause of the national growth potential deterioration is the relative decline of growth potential in the southeastern region and Changwon, emphasizing national industrial policy support and presenting key tasks such as ▲ establishing directions for regional sustainable growth ▲ restructuring of core manufacturing industries ▲ fostering knowledge service industries ▲ strengthening innovation in regional universities.

Next, Hwang In-sik, Vice President of the Changwon City Policy Research Institute, presented innovation growth strategies for the 50 years of Changwon Special City, emphasizing the importance of innovation that changes existing things to add new value to meet the high expectations for the future of Changwon Special City’s youth, and stressed the need for a new innovation growth master plan tailored to the endemic era.

This seminar was jointly hosted by the Changwon City Policy Research Institute, which has led innovation in Changwon Special City for the past eight years, and the Changwon Chamber of Commerce and Industry, which has led the local economy, with active support from Changwon Special City and participation from local universities, and was evaluated as the starting point for forming the knowledge-industry-academia network of Changwon Special City.

Director Kim Young-pyo and Chairman Koo Ja-cheon stated, “One year before the 50th anniversary of the designation of the Changwon National Industrial Complex, a symbol and landmark of Changwon Special City, we prepared a forum to share opinions among experts, businesspeople, local government heads, and citizens about the future vision of the city and industrial ecosystem, which became an opportunity to discover the infinite potential inherent in Changwon Special City one by one,” and emphasized, “We will faithfully fulfill our roles to lead the innovation of Changwon Special City going forward.”

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