"Second Phase of Public Institution Relocation as a Game Changer"... Byungtae Yoon Unveils Blueprint for Completing the Innovative City

Attracting Institutions Including NongHyup

Pushing for the Integrated City Council Building

Emphasizing "Naju as the Optimal Location for Balanced Development"

Yoon Byungtae, Preliminary Candidate for Mayor of Naju City. Provided by Candidate Yoon's Team

Byungtae Yoon, a preliminary candidate for Mayor of Naju City in South Jeolla Province, has made a bold move by putting forward a strategy for the "concentrated attraction of innovative city institutions," targeting the second round of public institution relocations. In addition, he has announced a plan to attract the special metropolitan council building to Naju in line with the launch of the integrated Jeonnam-Gwangju Special Metropolitan City.

Regarding the second phase of public institution relocations, Candidate Yoon stated, "It is now time to move beyond simple relocations and enter a stage of completing the innovative city and strengthening its self-sufficiency functions," adding, "Naju is the location that best fits the government's balanced development strategy."

He summarized the government's approach to public institution relocations in three points: ▲ linkage with regional strategic industries, ▲ concentrated relocations centered on innovative cities, and ▲ consideration of administrative integration between Jeonnam and Gwangju.

He once again emphasized, "Naju meets all of these conditions."

In particular, he identified major public institutions such as the National Agricultural Cooperative Federation (NongHyup) and organizations in the agro-bio, energy, and cultural sectors, including the Honam Institute of Korean Studies, as key targets for attraction. His plan also includes attracting additional research centers and affiliated facilities of institutions relocated in the first phase to further expand the city's functions.

Candidate Yoon remarked, "Securing sites in advance is crucial to attracting major institutions," and promised, "We will prepare so that institutions can move in immediately once the relocation decision is made."

He also unveiled customized strategies according to the size of public institutions.

For institutions with 200 to 300 employees, the plan is to encourage immediate occupancy by utilizing vacant commercial spaces within the innovative city. In the mid to long term, customized office buildings would be constructed on undeveloped cluster sites. According to Candidate Yoon, this is a realistic solution that can simultaneously resolve vacancies and enable swift relocations.

Additionally, he announced his intention to attract the integrated city council building to Naju in line with the launch of the integrated Jeonnam-Gwangju Special Metropolitan City.

Candidate Yoon stated, "The integration in July marks a major administrative transformation," and added, "If the council building is also established in Naju, the city will emerge as a central city combining administrative and legislative functions."

He also reiterated his vision of making Naju an energy hub city.

After mentioning Korea Electric Power Corporation, Korea Institute of Energy Technology, artificial sun research facilities, and the national energy industrial complex, Candidate Yoon said, "Naju is a core hub for national energy policy," and added, "Through the concentrated second phase relocation of public institutions, we will complete Bitgaram Innovative City and usher in a new era of great advancement for Naju."

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