Pohang Mayor Lee Gang-deok, "Promoting Key Projects to Present the City's Future Vision"

February Expanded Executive Meeting: Sharing CES 2024 Achievements and Exploring AI Integration Strategies

POSTECH Medical School Establishment, Key Priority Project Emphasizing Sustainable Urban Development

Comprehensive Lunar New Year Meas

Mayor Lee Kang-deok of Pohang City urged thorough efforts to promote key projects that will present a future vision for a sustainable city.

Mayor Lee Gang-deok presided over the expanded executive meeting in February and urged thorough efforts to promote key projects that will present a future vision for a sustainable city.

On the 6th, Pohang City held an expanded executive meeting for February in the city hall's main conference room, chaired by Mayor Lee Kang-deok, to review measures for public safety during the Lunar New Year holiday and to conduct thematic reports on the ‘U.S. visit achievements’ related to the digital convergence industry and the ‘public housing supply plan’ with apartment complexes.

At the meeting, the city shared its achievements as the only local government to operate a Pohang Pavilion at CES 2024, where local companies received innovation awards, and explored ways to integrate and foster artificial intelligence (AI) technology?a major global new industry topic?into regional development.

Additionally, current issues such as attracting new industries and public housing supply plans tailored to regional circumstances like the increase in single-person households and contemporary trends were shared.

In particular, through visits to innovation sites in the U.S., including CES 2024, San Francisco, and Seattle, the city reaffirmed the importance of collaboration among departments and cooperation between government, industry, and academia as the foundation for the region’s digital industry and talent development startup ecosystem.

Regarding the promotion of new industries such as batteries, the city also urged the construction of public rental housing that aligns with improving quality of life to stimulate population inflow.

Along with this, the city emphasized thorough preparations for the establishment of the POSTECH medical school, a major issue marking sustainable urban development, and ordered the establishment of a proactive response system during the Lunar New Year holiday and thawing season to ensure no inconvenience to citizens and tourists in all areas including traffic and safety.

Mayor Lee Kang-deok stressed, “Let us do our best with foresight looking ahead 100 years into the future and a proactive attitude to enhance the city’s capabilities and dignity, creating Pohang as a sustainable, central city of the East Sea.”

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