Seunghee Woo, Yeongam County Governor, Proposes Amendment to Special Population Decline Act to Ministry of the Interior and Safety

Ministry of the Interior and Safety at 'Population Decline Area Local Government Forum': "Essential Projects Must Be Proactively Led by Local Governments"

Woosunghee, the governor of Yeongam County, participated in the Ministry of the Interior and Safety's 'Government-Local Government Forum on Population Decline Areas' held at the Government Convention Center in Sejong City on the 18th, where he proposed support for corporate subsidies and amendments to special laws.

Governor Woosunghee made three main proposals to the Ministry of the Interior and Safety that day. He suggested support for subsidies for companies entering population decline areas and differential electricity billing.

Local government heads attending the Ministry of the Interior and Safety's government and local government discussion on population decline areas are taking a group photo.
[Photo by Yeongam-gun]

Furthermore, when local governments in population decline areas implement response projects, if the projects are already being carried out by other local governments, he requested institutional improvements to omit social security system consultations so that the projects can be expedited.

Lastly, Governor Woosunghee asked for the amendment of the Special Act on Population Decline Areas to allow essential projects responding to local extinction to be proactively carried out under the management of local governments.

Designated as a population decline area in October 2021, Yeongam County has established the 'Yeongam Population Hope 8 Major Projects' to respond to population decline and is conducting various projects.

The ongoing research service for the local extinction response fund investment plan is seeking solutions such as maximizing fund acquisition, discovering new projects, and maximizing the effectiveness of existing projects.

Governor Woosunghee said, "I hope today's forum will serve as an opportunity to establish a close cooperative system where the government and local governments overcome the crisis of population extinction together," and added, "I expect the Ministry of the Interior and Safety to actively accept the proposals made by Yeongam County and support the local governments' hard efforts."

The forum was attended by heads of 89 population decline area organizations nationwide and Lee Sang-min, Minister of the Ministry of the Interior and Safety.

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