Chungnam Province Expands Key Public Institutions Attraction from 34 to 44

Chungnam Province plans to expand the target public institutions for focused attraction and concentrate its efforts on attracting them in preparation for the second phase of relocating public institutions from the Seoul metropolitan area to local regions following this year's general election.

On the 2nd, Chungnam Province announced that it has increased the number of public institutions to be primarily attracted to Chungnam Innovation City (Naepo New City) this year from the previous 34 to 44.

The expansion of target public institutions for attraction was decided based on expert advisory meetings and visits to the target public institutions.

In particular, Chungnam Province emphasized that while maintaining the framework of the public institution priority selection system (draft system) and specialized functional groups such as carbon neutrality, culture and sports, and economic industry, it separately classified 'institutions of interest for attraction' by changing the fields considering the regional ripple effects and Chungnam Province's policy direction.

The institutions subject to the draft system include 13 organizations: ▲Korea Environment Corporation and its affiliated institutions ▲Korea Carbon Neutrality Promotion Agency ▲Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency ▲Korea Environmental Industry & Technology Institute ▲Korea Institute of Civil Engineering and Building Technology ▲Korea Defense Research Institute ▲Korea Institute for Advancement of Technology ▲Korea Sports Promotion Foundation ▲Korea Investment Corporation ▲Korea District Heating Corporation ▲Korea Energy Technology Evaluation Institute ▲Korea Agency for Infrastructure Technology Advancement ▲Korea Fisheries Infrastructure Public Corporation, with 5 institutions newly reset. The total number of employees in these institutions is identified as 6,831.

The draft system was proposed by Governor Kim Tae-heum of Chungnam Province, considering that Naepo New City was excluded from being designated as an innovation city due to the construction of Sejong City and that even after being designated as an innovation city in October 2020, there were no subsequent procedures, resulting in a discriminatory situation.

Governor Kim Tae-heum has been meeting with the President, the Chairman of the Local Era Committee, and the Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport to propose the draft system and persuade the target public institutions for attraction.

Among the specialized functional groups, the public institutions targeted for attraction in the carbon neutrality field are ▲Korea Marine Environment Management Corporation ▲Environmental Preservation Association ▲Korea Petroleum Management Service ▲Aviation Safety Technology Institute ▲Next Generation Numerical Weather Prediction Model Development Project Group ▲Korea Institute of Marine Science and Technology Promotion ▲Korea Water and Wastewater Works Association. Chungnam Province newly designated 3 institutions as draft institutions from the existing 10 and newly discovered 2 institutions, adjusting the total to 7.

In the culture and sports functional group, 7 institutions were included as target public institutions for attraction: ▲Korea National Sport University ▲Korea National University of Arts ▲Academy of Korean Studies ▲Korea Arts & Culture Education Service ▲Korean Sport & Olympic Committee ▲Korea Culture & Tourism Institute ▲Northeast Asian History Foundation.

The economic industry functional group includes ▲Export-Import Bank of Korea ▲Public Home Shopping ▲Small and Medium Business Distribution Center ▲Korea Institute of Design Promotion ▲Korea Polytechnic University ▲Korea Venture Investment Corp ▲Korea Data Agency, increasing from 4 to 7 institutions.

The total number of employees in the 21 public institutions across the three functional groups was counted as 10,355.

The institutions of interest for attraction include 10 public institutions: ▲Korea Institute of Science and Technology ▲Korea Institute of Radiological & Medical Sciences ▲Social Security Information Service ▲Post Office Financial Development Institute ▲Korea Post Business Promotion Agency ▲Korea Energy Foundation ▲Korea Construction Machinery Safety Management Institute ▲Korea Sports Industry Development Institute ▲Korea Culture Promotion Corporation ▲Small and Medium Venture Business Research Institute. A total of 4,419 employees work at these institutions.

Governor Kim Tae-heum of Chungnam Province stated, "Most of the key target public institutions visited last year expressed interest in relocating to Chungnam Innovation City," adding, "While the target institutions are watching the government's policy announcements, many expressed the opinion that if relocation is necessary, Chungnam's conditions are better than those of other innovation cities."

He continued, "Chungnam Province will focus its administrative power on attracting public institutions as targeted this year," and said, "Currently, Chungnam Province is promoting a joint rental office building project in Chungnam Innovation City as a preemptive response to attract public institutions."

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