Sacheon City Accelerates Efforts to Attract Marine Public Institutions

Strengthening Marine Administrative Infrastructure
Pursuing Development Strategies Linked to the Aerospace Industry

Sacheon City in South Gyeongsang Province announced on the 19th that it plans to continuously pursue feasible attraction strategies based on its existing marine administrative foundation in relation to attracting marine public institutions.

The city attracted the Hallyeohaesang National Park Office in 2014, followed by the opening of the Sacheon Maritime Police Station in 2022, and attracted the Marine Ecology Conservation Center in 2025.

[Photo provided by Sacheon City] Sacheon City plans to continuously pursue a feasible attraction strategy based on its existing marine administrative infrastructure regarding the attraction of marine public institutions.

Currently, various marine-related institutions are operating in Sacheon, including the Sacheon Maritime Police Station, the Sacheon Sea Branch Office of the Masan Regional Office of Oceans and Fisheries, the Sacheon Office of the Gyeongsangnam-do Port Management Office, the Sacheon Branch of the Gyeongsangnam-do Fisheries Safety Technology Institute, the Sacheon Branch of the Korea Maritime Transportation Safety Authority, and the Sacheon Office of the Korea Marine Environment Management Corporation.

Sacheon City intends to expand its functions in the areas of marine administration, maritime safety, and marine environment based on this administrative infrastructure, while also pursuing the attraction of institutions in connection with the government's policy of relocating public institutions.

The city also explained that it is considering attracting related institutions such as the Aviation Safety Technology Institute and the Institute for Maritime and Fisheries Science and Technology Promotion by linking with the aerospace industry infrastructure being developed around the Korea Aerospace Administration.

Sacheon City aims to foster local industries, create jobs, and revitalize the regional economy by attracting public institutions. The city plans to pursue attraction strategies in phases, taking into account government policies and local conditions.

Sacheon Mayor Park Dongsik stated, "We will expand the foundation for regional development by strengthening marine administrative functions and fostering the aerospace industry together."

Attracting public institutions is an important means of regional development, but it should not become the goal itself. It is more important to ensure that the relocation of institutions leads to job creation, industry development, and improvement of residential conditions in the region.

As Sacheon City is simultaneously working to expand its marine administrative foundation and foster the aerospace industry, the challenge ahead is to demonstrate the tangible effects on the regional economy rather than simply focusing on the outcomes of attracting institutions.

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