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Jincheon Establishes Itself as Local Govt. Model of Self-Sufficiency
Mayor Song devotes himself to laying foundation to elevate his country to city status

24(Mon), Aug, 2020



Jincheon Mayor Song Gi-sub.




Jincheon County, Chungcheongbuk-do, has established itself as an exemplary local government on self-sufficiency as the county has made a streak of feats: attracting more than 1 trillion won in investments for the fourth consecutive year and continued population rise.


In July 2019, Deoksan-myeon was elevated to an eup status in 105 years, making history in Korean local autonomy.


Jincheon has set in motion a proposal to build an inland railroad network in the Seoul metropolitan area in cooperation with Chungcheongbuk-do and other local government bodies. The county initiated the proposal.


In an interview earlier this year, Jincheon Mayor Song Gi-sub revealed a plan to lay the foundation to elevate his county to a city. Jincheon devotes itself to promoting an ¡°economic virtuous cycle¡± to pave the way for the election of the county to city status, he said.


Looking back in 2019, despite outside and inside hardships, Mayor Song said the county had made great achievements.


Jincheon maintained the highest-ever population growth rate in recent years, so the county is approaching the 100,000 person threshold in population.


In particular, Deoksan-myeon¡¯s elevation to an eup status on July 1, 2019 was a historic moment. The population of Deoksan-meyon, which stood at a mere 5,000, soared to 15,000 with constant growth.


The achievement was owed to a rise in industry population on the back of the successful implementation of Chungbuk¡¯s innovative new city project, evaluated to be a nationwide innovative city model, and the developement of neighborhood industrial complexes and attracting of blue-chip companies.


Jincheon has maintained steady growth momentum. Jincheon topped a list of 72 cities and counties each with a population of more than 50,000, as the county saw about 10,300 people land new jobs in the recent three years, helping to raise the employment rate and the rate of economically active population to 70.9 percent and 72.3 percent, respectively.


Jincheon¡¯s diverse economic indexes show favorable growth trends.


Jincheon made a feat attracting more than 1 trillion won in inventions last year for the fourth consecutive year. The country attracted 2.1 trillion won in investments, almost half of the goal, one and half years since Mayor Song took office as Jincheon mayor in the 7th local autonomy regime.


He set a goal of attracting 4.4 trillion won in investments during his term. Thanks to the investment attraction achievements, the country has settled an economic virtuous cycle of job creation, improved settlement conditions, a rising population, and the reinvigorating of the regional economy.


In particular, the country¡¯s strategy of focusing on attracting blue-chip companies has brought tremendous quality changes in job creation and population.


Jincheon saw the number of part-time workers decline about 50 between 2017 and 2019 but the number of regular employees jumped about 9,000 during the period.


Jincheon¡¯s average per capita taxable earned income stood at 34.91 million won to top a list of Chungbuk¡¯s cities and counties. It is noteworthy that half of the increase in population has hailed from the Seoul metropolitan area and districts other than Chungbuk.





Officials and residents from Jincheon, Cheongju, Hwaseong and Anseong attend a ceremony to open an integrated office of a civic committee on attracting an inland railroad network at the former site of Agricultural Technology Center in Jincheon. (Photos: Jincheon County)





Jincheon Sets in Motion Inland Railroad Network Proposal in Seoul Metropolitan Area


Jincheon recently launched a movement to realize a proposal to build an inland railroad network in the Seoul metropolitan area.


The county held a ceremony to open an integrated office of a civic committee on attracting the inland railroad network at the former site of Agricultural Technology Center in cooperation with Cheongju City, Hwaseong City and Anseong City.


The committee consisting of residents representing Jincheon and three cities is a civic body devoted to reflect the proposal of building a 78.8 km-long inland railroad network in the 4th national railroad network buildup plan.


The proposed railroad network would connect Dongtan and Cheongju International Airport via Anseong, the National Athletes¡¯ Village in Jincheon and Chungbuk¡¯s innovative city.



   
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