Gimcheon City Teams Up with Public Institution Unions to Attract Second-Round Relocations

Mayor Bae Nakho meets with union representatives
Discusses improving living conditions and strengthening ties among institutions

Gimcheon City in North Gyeongsang Province is stepping up efforts to attract public institutions in the second round of relocation to local regions, working with labor unions at public institutions that have moved to innovation cities.

A meeting was held at City Hall with around 20 attendees, including Mayor Bae Nakho, Kim Seongdo, chair of the National Innovation City Labor Union Council, and union representatives from Korea Power Engineering Company, Korea Expressway Corporation, and Korea Transportation Safety Authority. [Photo provided by Gimcheon City]

On October 14, Gimcheon City held a meeting at City Hall attended by Mayor Bae Nakho, Kim Seongdo, chair of the National Innovation City Labor Union Council, and about 20 others, including union officials from Korea Electric Power Engineering & Construction, Korea Expressway Corporation, and the Korea Transportation Safety Authority. They discussed strategies for attracting additional public institutions and plans to develop the innovation city.

Participants shared updates on efforts to attract public institutions and trends in government policy. They agreed on the need to strengthen functional ties with institutions that have already relocated, develop attraction strategies that leverage transportation access, and improve living conditions, including education and healthcare.

In particular, in line with the government's principle for the second relocation of public institutions—to cluster them primarily in existing innovation cities—they agreed to coordinate their efforts by leveraging Gimcheon Innovation City's locational advantages and its existing concentration of public institutions.

Mayor Bae said, "The second relocation of public institutions is an important opportunity for Gimcheon Innovation City to emerge as a new growth hub." He added, "We will strengthen cooperation with existing institutions and labor unions and focus our administrative resources on attracting additional public institutions and improving living conditions."

Gimcheon City plans to work with public institutions and labor unions to call on the central government and North Gyeongsang Province to expand policy and financial support, while pursuing efforts to attract public institutions and strengthen the innovation city's self-sufficiency.

The success of the second relocation of public institutions will depend not only on making a case for attracting them, but also on how concretely the city develops tailored strategies for each institution and improves living conditions.

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