"A City Good for Business"... Ulsan Public Officials Commute to the 'Field'

Ulsan City Provides Administrative Support for Large-Scale Business Site Dispatch

Ulsan City is directly dispatching public officials to large-scale project sites to support administrative tasks in order to create a "business-friendly city."

From September 2022 to July 2023, for 10 months, Ulsan City dispatched public officials to the "Hyundai Motor Electric Vehicle New Factory Construction Project Site" and supported administrative-related tasks, significantly accelerating schedules such as permits and approvals.

Following this, since July, the city has been dispatching a dedicated public official (1 person) to support administrative tasks for Samsung SDI’s swift and error-free permit process for new investments.

According to Ulsan City, Samsung SDI is promoting the construction of a new battery and cathode material production factory on approximately 70,000㎡ of land within the Ulsan plant, aiming to start construction in the first quarter of 2024.

At the same time, an industrial complex development project (targeted for completion in December 2025) is underway to develop about 400,000㎡ of undeveloped land designated as High-Tech Valley Section 3 within the Ulsan plant. The investment scale of the two projects is expected to reach trillions of won.

Samsung SDI Ulsan Plant (Section 3) Business Plan Diagram.

The public officials dispatched by Ulsan City, similar to the Hyundai Motor case, work on-site to ensure smooth progress of large-scale projects, establish cooperative systems with company representatives, and promptly handle various tasks such as permits and approvals.

As a result, the construction permit period for the "secondary battery new factory," which was expected to take more than two years due to long-standing unresolved issues such as land compensation, has been drastically shortened to within six months, and construction of the new factory is expected to begin in the first quarter of 2024.

In response to Ulsan City’s active support, Samsung SDI plans to start the industrial complex development project, which includes improving residential conditions in Gacheon-ri and Banggi-ri, Samnam-eup, supporting small and medium-sized enterprises’ production activities, opening a 2.1 km urban planning road around the Ulsan plant, and creating infrastructure such as parks and green spaces, in the first half of 2024.

Kim Doo-gyeom, Mayor of Ulsan City, expressed his expectations, saying, “With this Samsung SDI investment, Ulsan City will become a specialized city for eco-friendly future electric vehicle production throughout the entire cycle, hosting the largest future car production factory in Korea (Hyundai Motor) and the largest battery production factory in Korea (Samsung SDI).”

He added, “We will continue to do our best to support corporate investments.”

This content was produced with the assistance of AI translation services.