Yangju City Rallies for "Regulatory Reform Activation" to Address Citizens' Inconvenience

Yangju City held its first Regulatory Reform Committee collective deliberation meeting of the year on the 8th at the city hall situation room.

The meeting, presided over by Vice Mayor Oh Hyun-sook and Professor So Sung-gyu of Daejin University as co-chairs, was attended by 15 people including committee members and city officials, and was organized to actively promote regulatory reform.

During the meeting, the city explained the regulatory reform implementation results pursued during the first half of this year, and held in-depth discussions on the new government's 100 major state affairs agenda, Yangju City's regulatory reform direction, and second-half implementation plans.

Additionally, Yangju City's regulatory reform direction for the second half of the year was set in line with the new government's 100 major state affairs agenda as ▲job creation, ▲regulatory reform for small business owners, and ▲local regulatory reform through local devolution, and the city decided to make efforts to activate regulatory reform.

Vice Mayor Oh Hyun-sook said, "Since the Fourth Industrial Revolution (drones, autonomous vehicles, the Internet of Things, artificial intelligence, etc.) was presented at the World Economic Forum in Davos in January 2016, global interest has expanded," and added, "We must proactively respond to the shift to a negative regulatory system for new industries, such as allowing what is permitted in principle and prohibiting what is listed."

Meanwhile, the Yangju City Regulatory Reform Committee, composed of 15 members including two co-chairs—Vice Mayor Oh Hyun-sook and Professor So Sung-gyu—deliberates on the maintenance of existing regulations, registration and publication of regulations, deliberation on the establishment and strengthening of new regulations and adjustments to regulatory maintenance plans, and deliberation on the collection and reflection of citizens' opinions regarding regulatory reform.