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Gyeonggi Province and the Northern Gyeonggi Market and County Governors Council held the ‘2024 2nd Northern Gyeonggi Future Vision Forum’ on the 9th at the Aram Nuri Saera Sae Theater in Goyang City, where they announced the ‘Northern Gyeonggi Balanced Development Joint Declaration’ containing plans to promote the establishment of the Northern Gyeonggi Special Autonomous Province.

Gyeonggi Province and the Council of Mayors and County Governors of Northern Gyeonggi held the "2nd 2024 Northern Gyeonggi Future Vision Forum" on the 9th at the Aram Nuri Saera Sae Theater in Goyang City, and after announcing the "Northern Gyeonggi Balanced Development Joint Declaration," which includes the promotion of the establishment of the Northern Gyeonggi Special Self-Governing Province, they are taking a commemorative photo. Provided by Gyeonggi Province

Present at the joint declaration were Oh Bu-seok, the 2nd Deputy Governor of Gyeonggi Province, and the mayors and county governors of the Northern Gyeonggi Market and County Governors Council.

The joint declaration was the first agenda item approved by the Northern Gyeonggi Market and County Governors Council after electing Uijeongbu Mayor Kim Dong-geun as its 2nd president.

The joint declaration includes seven cooperation points: ▲Joint efforts for balanced development and decentralization of Northern Gyeonggi (including promotion of the establishment of the Northern Gyeonggi Special Autonomous Province) ▲Cooperation to build a new growth industry belt as the future growth engine of Northern Gyeonggi (covering display, mobility, defense industry, aerospace, media content, tourism MICE, etc.) ▲Joint efforts to designate special zones for fostering new growth industries in Northern Gyeonggi (economic free zones, national advanced strategic industry specialized complexes, peace economy special zones, opportunity development special zones, etc.) ▲Expansion of transportation infrastructure such as GTX, urban railways, and grid road networks (including construction of a grid road network connecting north and south such as Yeoncheon-Seoul and the east-west 10-axis expressway) ▲Improvement of overlapping regulations that have hindered Northern Gyeonggi’s development (addressing metropolitan area reverse discrimination, military facility regulations, revitalizing returned and unused military land, etc.) ▲Preservation of the DMZ and development into a global tourist attraction and international peace and freedom city (preserving the ecological and historical resources of the DMZ and developing it into a world-class tourist destination) ▲Establishing a balanced development and regional win-win model through cooperation between metropolitan and non-metropolitan areas (cooperation among 10 cities and counties in Northern Gyeonggi and within the metropolitan area, and promoting win-win cooperation between metropolitan and non-metropolitan areas).

Gyeonggi Province and the Northern Gyeonggi Market and County Governors Council pledged to actively cooperate to nurture Northern Gyeonggi as a new growth engine of South Korea and achieve balanced development through the cooperative projects outlined in the joint declaration.

The declaration ceremony was attended by Jeong Gyeong-ja, Yoon Chung-sik, and other provincial assembly members who are members of the Special Committee for the Establishment of the Northern Gyeonggi Special Autonomous Province, including Kim Wan-gyu and Shim Hong-soon, as well as the Northern Gyeonggi Special Autonomous Province Public-Private Joint Promotion Committee, Park Jeong-hyun, president of the Gyeonggi Provincial Assembly Alumni Association, and over 300 local businesspeople and experts from various cities and counties, all sharing hopes for the development of Northern Gyeonggi.

In his congratulatory speech, Deputy Governor Oh Bu-seok said, “It is of utmost importance that Gyeonggi Province and the cities and counties move forward in step and speak with one voice to promote the establishment of the Northern Gyeonggi Special Autonomous Province, which is the shortcut to regulatory improvement and regional development in Northern Gyeonggi, and to achieve balanced development in Northern Gyeonggi. Today marks the starting point for that.” He added, “We will strive to lead not only the development of the entire Gyeonggi Province but also the development of South Korea.”

Meanwhile, the ‘2024 2nd Northern Gyeonggi Future Vision Forum,’ hosted by the Northern Gyeonggi Market and County Governors Council, was held under the theme ‘Northern Gyeonggi, South Korea’s New Growth Engine! Drawing Together.’

An Ji-ho, head of the Economic Free Zone Center at the Goyang Research Institute, gave a keynote presentation on the designation of economic free zones in Northern Gyeonggi, and Tak Yong-seok, president of the Gyeonggi Content Agency, presented on the promotion of the video industry in Northern Gyeonggi, discussing specialized growth strategies for the region.

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