Yongin City Implements First Organizational Restructuring under Ninth Administration: Launches Dedicated AI and Semiconductor Teams, Adds 131 Public Officials

Yongin City to Establish 2 New Departments and 39 Teams, Preparing for a "Metropolitan City of 1.5 Million"

Strengthening Future Growth and Policy Functions in AI, Semiconductors, Public Contribution, and External Cooperation

Major Reinforcement of Citizen-Facing Departments, Including New Welfare Administration Teams in 20 Towns and Districts

Mayor Lee Sangil: "Deploying Personnel to Where Work Increases... Enhancing Administrative Services Citizens Can Feel"

Yongin Special City in Gyeonggi Province (Mayor Lee Sangil) is implementing its first organizational restructuring under the ninth popular electoral administration, aiming to secure future growth engines such as semiconductors and artificial intelligence (AI), while also addressing surging administrative demand. The city plans a major overhaul, including the establishment of two new departments, 39 new teams, and an increase of 131 public officials.

Panorama of Yongin Special City Hall. Provided by Yongin City

On September 29, Yongin City announced that it had issued a legislative notice for this organizational restructuring plan. Once the restructuring is finalized, the number of public officials in the city government will increase from 3,474 to 3,605.

The core focus of this restructuring is to strengthen industrial policies centered on AI and semiconductors, develop public assets, bolster external cooperation, and enhance on-site welfare functions in towns and districts.

First, the city will establish a new “Exchange and Cooperation Division” within the Planning and Coordination Office, under which a “External Cooperation Team” will be created to enhance policy consultation with the central government and the National Assembly, and to better address regional issues. The existing “Fourth Industrial Convergence Department” in the Future City Planning Bureau will be renamed “AI Smart Strategy Division,” and an “AI Strategy Team” will be formed to oversee AI policy planning and industrial development.

To prepare for skyrocketing demand for permits due to large-scale semiconductor projects and urban development, a new “Advanced Industry Permit Team” will be added under the “Architecture Division.” A “Public Contribution Management Team” to oversee contributions from large-scale development projects, and dedicated safety departments such as the “Construction Safety Team” and the “Road Tunnel Team” will also be established. As licensing and development demand continues to increase in Cheoin-gu, new teams like “Cadastral 2 Team,” “Architecture Permit 2 Team,” and “Development Activity 2 Team” will be created. In Giheung-gu, a “Road Management 2 Team” will be newly formed.

On-site departments that are closely related to citizens’ daily lives will be significantly strengthened. In Suji-gu, to enhance field responsiveness, the existing Construction Road Division will be divided to newly create a Road Division, while the original department will be reorganized as the Construction Division. In 20 towns and districts with high welfare demand—including Pogok-eup, Mohyeon-eup, Singal-dong, and Pungdeokcheon 1-dong—a new “Welfare Administration Team” will be set up to systematize tailored welfare services.

In addition, new teams such as the “Integrated Care Division Care Support Team,” “Cheoin-gu Health Center Health Care Team,” “Childcare Division Child Abuse Response Team,” and “Civil Affairs Passport Division Civil Affairs Coordination Team” will be established.

The city plans to allocate 121 out of the total 211 additional personnel—57.3% of the total staffing increase—to frontline departments, including affiliated organizations, business offices, district offices, and town/district frontline offices.

Yongin City will gather feedback from citizens and related organizations during the legislative notice period, then review the ordinance through the council for ordinances and regulations, and plans to submit the ordinance bill to the 308th regular session of the city council in November. If approved by the city council, the city will complete the subsequent procedures for revising autonomous regulations and begin full-scale implementation of the new organizational structure in January 2027.

Mayor Lee Sangil stated, “Yongin is simultaneously witnessing the advancement of future high-tech industries, including the semiconductor sector, and large-scale urban development, so administrative demand continues to rise. As of the end of August this year, the number of residents in Yongin is 1,112,301, and compared to the number of public officials (3,474), the number of residents per public official exceeds 320—which highlights the necessity for an organizational restructuring to provide better administrative services to citizens.”

He added, “This restructuring is not about simply expanding the organization, but about promptly deploying the necessary personnel and teams to where the work actually occurs. While steadily advancing the core policies of the ninth administration, we will strengthen administrative services that citizens can truly feel, laying the organizational and staffing groundwork for Yongin to develop into a large-scale, advanced metropolitan city for a population of 1.5 million.”

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