Start of Changwon's 50-Year Future Development Plan... Changwon Industrial Innovation Forum Held

Changwon Special City, Focused Discussion on 'Future Industry Innovation Growth Strategy
and Industrial Area Policy Directions'

On the 16th, Changwon Special City in Gyeongnam held the '2023 Changwon Industrial Innovation Forum' at the Changwon Convention Center, marking the starting point for the planning foundation of Changwon's future 50 years of development.

Co-hosted with the Changwon City Administration Research Institute, the event was attended by about 80 people including Hong Nam-pyo, Mayor of Changwon Special City; Kim I-geun, Chairman of the Changwon Special City Council; Kim Young-pyo, Director of the Changwon City Administration Research Institute; Korea Industrial Complex Corporation; Masan Free Trade Zone Authority; institutions and organizations in the industrial sector; industry experts; and related companies, who discussed Changwon Special City's future industrial innovation growth strategy and industrial area systems.

Changwon Special City held the Changwon Industrial Innovation Forum.

As keynote speakers, Professor Lee Woo-bae of Inje University presented on "Direction for Establishing Urban Policies Related to Industrial Complexes - Focusing on the U.S. Rust Belt (Case Study)"; Director Kwon Young-pil of the Korean Society of Land and Urban Planning spoke on "The Significance of Enacting the Urban Industrial Area Act"; and Research Fellow Park Hyung-joon of the Changwon City Administration Research Institute presented on "The Evolution Process and Future Direction of Changwon Special City's Industrial Areas."

Following the presentations, Deputy Director Hwang In-sik of the Changwon City Administration Research Institute chaired a panel discussion with participation from senior researchers Lee Jae-hee of the Korea Industrial Complex Corporation, Yoon Byung-hoon of the Land and Housing Institute, Research Fellow Dong Jin-woo of the Gyeongnam Research Institute, and urban planning technician Seo Sung-hee, who engaged as experts in the industrial sector and urban space to conduct a comprehensive discussion on innovative growth for Changwon Special City's future 50 years, followed by a Q&A session.

Mayor Hong stated, "General industrial areas such as Bongam and Jungni Industrial Complexes need to be reborn as complex spaces that combine cultural, residential, and tourism functions in line with the times," adding, "We will discuss today's presentations with people from all walks of the industrial sector and adopt them as a future industrial innovation growth strategy, and do our best for regional development."

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