Seven Cities in Southern Gyeonggi Province Announce Future-Type Smart Belt Strategy for Mutual Development

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Park No-hun] Seven cities in southern Gyeonggi Province held a "Future-Type Smart Belt Strategy announcement event" for mutual development at Samsung Electronics' Hwaseong business site on the afternoon of the 7th.

The event served as a venue to announce the first strategy of the 'Future-Type Smart Belt Coalition,' with participation from Governor Lee Jae-myung of Gyeonggi Province, Suwon Mayor Yeom Tae-young, Yongin Mayor Baek Kun-gi, Seongnam Mayor Eun Soo-mi, Hwaseong Mayor Seo Chul-mo, Pyeongtaek Mayor Jeong Jang-seon, Icheon Mayor Eom Tae-jun, and Anseong Mayor Kim Bo-ra.

The 'Future-Type Smart Belt Coalition' is a local government mutual cooperation system launched in June to jointly discover and promote mutually beneficial policy tasks among K-Semiconductor strategic cities, with participation from seven cities: Suwon, Yongin, Seongnam, Hwaseong, Pyeongtaek, Icheon, and Anseong.

In particular, southern Gyeonggi Province, where these seven cities are located, accounts for 82.8% of the added value of the domestic semiconductor industry and is emerging as a core region of the 'K-Semiconductor Strategy' in line with the government's Fourth Capital Region Readjustment Plan to construct a smart semiconductor belt in southern Gyeonggi Province.

At the event, the seven cities announced a 'Smart Belt Regional Enterprise Preferential Joint Ordinance' to realize the common goal of 'strengthening future industries and settling future cities,' and held a session to disclose the first implementation strategy for each local government.

Additionally, a 'Mutual Cooperation Memorandum of Understanding for the Establishment of a Special Local Autonomous Entity of the Southern Gyeonggi Province Coalition,' containing provisions on upgrading the status of the Future-Type Smart Belt Coalition, was signed.

Meanwhile, the province established a 'Basic Plan for Fostering Small and Medium-Sized Parts and Materials Industries in Gyeonggi Province' in response to Japan's export restrictions, and has since achieved remarkable results in various fields including semiconductor industry-related investment attraction, job creation, and technology self-sufficiency.

Last month, the province announced the 'Mid- to Long-Term Strategy for Fostering Semiconductor Industries in Gyeonggi Province' with the goal of 'leaping toward the world's largest leading-edge semiconductor industrial center by 2030' through a press conference, and is currently accelerating administrative support for the successful development of the 'Yongin Semiconductor Cluster Specialized Complex,' a key element in constructing the 'Gyeonggi Semiconductor Belt.'