Formed a cooperative group to promote special opportunity development zones in northern Gyeonggi Province and signed a win-win agreement for growth in the east
Five cities and counties (Yangju, Dongducheon, Yangju, Pocheon, Yeoncheon, Gapyeong) formed a cooperation group to promote special opportunity development zones
[Break News Gyeonggi Northern = Reporter Kim Wan-young] The five local governments in the northern Gyeonggi region held a meeting at Yeoncheon-gun Office on the 7th, with heads of organizations representing the five northern Gyeonggi cities and counties (Yangju, Pocheon, Dongducheon, Yeoncheon, and Gapyeong), city and county chairs, and local assembly members. In attendance, a “coexistence agreement for the formation of a cooperation group for the promotion of special opportunity development zones in five cities and counties in northern Gyeonggi Province and mutual growth” was signed.
This agreement aims to establish a foundation for regional growth through mutual cooperation between the five cities and counties in northern Gyeonggi Province to widely publicize the regional situation in border areas within the metropolitan area and to strategically cooperate in 'application and designation of special opportunity development zones', a core policy of national balanced regional development. Aim.
So far, the five cities and counties in northern Gyeonggi Province have been excluded from the government's major economic, industrial, and regional development policies (focused on non-metropolitan areas) simply because they are located in the metropolitan area and border areas. Meanwhile, they are faced with a business environment worse than that of local regions, including having to endure the damage of overlapping regulations, and are facing fundamental limitations in establishing a foundation for regional growth.
Accordingly, the five cities and counties agreed that it is absolutely necessary to lay the foundation for regional growth through the designation of special zones in order to solve the fundamental problems of underdeveloped northern Gyeonggi Province.
In the future, the five cities and counties will cooperate with each other in promoting the contest and will specify the direction by delivering a joint proposal on the current situation in the northern Gyeonggi region and appropriate rights to the government (Local Era Committee), National Assembly (Administrative and Safety Committee), and Gyeonggi Province. plan.
In particular, Dongducheon Mayor Park Hyeong-deok said, “Although the income of the northern Gyeonggi region, including Dongducheon City, remains at the lowest income level among metropolitan local governments, it is excluded from the balanced development policy because it is included in the metropolitan area and is facing a situation of reverse discrimination.” “This will serve as an opportunity to restore the underdeveloped regional economy, and through this agreement, the five cities and counties in northern Gyeonggi Province will actively cooperate in joint efforts toward the goal of designating a special zone based on mutual consideration and cooperation,” he said.
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