Yongin City Presents 'The Future We Create Together, Yongin Renaissance' as Full-Scale Innovation Initiative

[Suwon Ilbo=Park No-hoon Reporter] Yongin Special City announced on the 28th the eighth popular election term's administrative vision consisting of 13 characters: "The Future We Create Together, Yongin Renaissance."

According to city officials, the reason for adopting the term "Renaissance" in the administrative vision represents the spirit of the times—to overcome the pandemic and create a new future through creativity and innovation.

The administrative vision declares citizen-centered innovation through the phrase "The Future We Create Together."

The concrete manifestation of that future is "Yongin Renaissance."

Yongin Renaissance is first represented by "Semiconductor Renaissance."

The core is to create an upgraded Yongin City by establishing a semiconductor-focused global city strategy, concentrating semiconductor and advanced parts, components, and materials companies, and expanding living infrastructure through corporate recruitment.

The foundational industries will also be solidly established.

Following the semiconductor highway, the city will actively attract semiconductor parts, components, and materials companies and establish test beds to verify the performance and effectiveness of technologies developed by businesses.

To foster specialized manpower, a Semiconductor and AI High School will be established, and the city will pursue opening semiconductor-related contracted university departments at local universities. For institutional groundwork, the city is also preparing to establish what is tentatively called the "Ordinance on Semiconductor Industry Promotion and Support"—the first such initiative among basic local governments nationwide.

In addition to semiconductors, "Urban Culture Renaissance" will also be realized.

It is another key vision prioritized by the eighth popular election term. Centered on beautiful natural environments, the city will create an international eco-friendly ecological city and establish itself as a "breathing high-tech city," demonstrating its commitment to this vision.

Yongin Special City has prepared 7 major administrative goals and 21 development strategies to realize and support the "Yongin Renaissance" administrative vision.

The 7 major administrative goals are ▲Dynamic innovative growth ▲Balanced development where everyone lives well ▲Hope education in dreams, learning, and creativity ▲Citizen-centered, dignified culture ▲Warm welfare in every corner ▲Environment where people and nature harmonize ▲Proactive administration communicating with citizens.

Yongin Special City Mayor Lee Sang-il stated, "While it is undeniable that Yongin City's goal is to be reborn as a semiconductor city, it is equally important to combine Yongin's nature and long-standing history to create a city equipped with various elements of life such as culture, arts, sports, and education."

Mayor Lee also said, "I want to make people from other cities think they want to come to Yongin and live here," and added, "Through the recent process of visiting eup, myeon, and dong districts and having conversations and hearing opinions from citizens, I clearly recognized what tasks I must accomplish as mayor."