Jeongseon-gun Tackles the 'Population Extinction Crisis' Head-On... Finalizes 190.5 Billion Won Implementation Plan

Jeongseon-gun in Gangwon-do held the first 2026 meeting of its Committee on Response to Population Decline in the small conference room at the county office on the 9th.

Jeongseon-gun is holding the 1st Jeongseon-gun Population Decline Response Committee of 2026 in the small conference room at the county office on the 9th. Provided by Jeongseon-gun

The Committee on Response to Population Decline is a statutory committee established under the Special Act on Support for Areas with Population Decline. It performs advisory and deliberative functions on Jeongseon-gun's overall population policies, including establishing the basic plan for responding to areas with population decline and reviewing implementation plans.

The meeting was attended by 13 committee members, including experts from various fields related to population policy. The agenda proceeded in the following order: deliberation and resolution on the draft 2026 Implementation Plan for Response to Areas with Population Decline; a report on the current status of investments from the Local Extinction Response Fund; and a report on the launch of the service to establish the five-year basic plan for response to areas with population decline.

The draft 2026 Implementation Plan for Response to Areas with Population Decline, which was deliberated as an agenda item, is an annual execution plan under the Basic Plan of Jeongseon-gun for Response to Areas with Population Decline (2022-2026). Under the vision of "Jeongseon, the Hometown of the Nation Where Body and Mind Stay," the county plans to promote 52 detailed projects based on four main strategies: enhancing population vitality, creating local jobs, fostering local talent, and building hub-type living environments.

Major projects include new initiatives such as a pilot project for basic income in rural and fishing villages and a project to provide marriage incentives, as well as projects aimed at resolving local pending issues such as the construction of public rental housing, the creation of youth villages, and the expansion of electric buses. A total budget of 190.5 billion won will be invested, an increase of 62 billion won (48%) compared with the previous year.

In addition, through the report on the current status of investments from the Local Extinction Response Fund and the report on the launch of the service to establish the five-year basic plan for response to areas with population decline, the participants engaged in in-depth discussions on ways to set mid- to long-term population policy directions that reflect the local conditions and characteristics of Jeongseon-gun and to enhance policy execution.

Vice Mayor Kwak Ilgyu said, "We will actively respond to the issue of population decline by formulating customized policies that fit local conditions," adding, "We will carefully review the various opinions presented at this meeting and actively reflect them in future policies."

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