Kim Dong-yeon: "I will absolutely create a miracle and achievement in Anyang where fields become seas"

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Kim Gab-dong] Gyeonggi Province held a groundbreaking ceremony for "Gyeonggi Opportunity Town Induck-won - An AI Innovation Hub with 4 Transit-Oriented Development Zones," which serves as a nexus connecting and expanding the industrial belt and is one of the "3 Major Opportunity Town Projects."

On the 16th at the Induck-won Transfer Parking Lot in Anyang, the province held the groundbreaking ceremony with approximately 100 attendees including Governor Kim Dong-yeon of Gyeonggi Province, Mayor Choi Dae-ho of Anyang, members of the National Assembly, provincial and city council members, Gyeonggi Housing & Urban Development Corporation (GH), Anyang Urban Development Corporation, and local residents.

At the groundbreaking ceremony, Governor Kim said, "Anyang is my second hometown. Just as mulberry fields transform into blue seas, I will completely transform this place. I will absolutely create miracles and achievements where fields become seas."

The governor then introduced four visions for the project, saying, "First, I will achieve revitalization of the local economy and improved quality of life through multi-modal transit facilities based on 4 transit-oriented development zones, and second, I will establish an innovation ecosystem centered on AI, biotechnology, mobility, and venture startups at this opportunity town. Third, I will realize a Gyeonggi-style future city enabling proximity between residences and workplaces and work-life balance, and fourth, I will make the opportunity town an energy-independent city realizing carbon neutrality."

He emphasized, "Induck-won Opportunity Town is an embodiment of people-centered economics and humanomics," and "it will become a very pioneering example that Gyeonggi Province will pursue—Korea's number one opportunity destination, climate leader, and industrial hub."

Opportunity Towns are the name of the 8th-term Gyeonggi Province urban model that combines functions of employment, housing, leisure, transportation, and welfare. Governor Kim announced the "3 Major Opportunity Town Projects" in March, which includes development of three locations—Suwon World Cup Stadium, Yongin Platform City, and Anyang Induck-won—by 2030.

Among the 3 Major Opportunity Town Projects, Yongin Platform City began construction in March of this year, making this "Gyeonggi Opportunity Town Induck-won" the second groundbreaking. The "Gyeonggi Opportunity Town Induck-won" is scheduled for completion at the end of 2027, with an urban development area of approximately 150,000㎡ in Gwanyang-dong, Dongan-gu, Anyang, and a total project cost of 412.1 billion won. Anyang City, Gyeonggi Housing & Urban Development Corporation, and Anyang Urban Development Corporation are jointly implementing the project.

The project is planned to have dense transportation networks including 4 transit-oriented development zones—Subway Line 4, GTX-C, Wolgot-Pangyo Line, and Induck-won-Dongtan Line—as well as a multi-modal transit center, which is expected to enhance synergies with nearby Pangyo Techno Valley, Gwanggyo Techno Valley, and North Suwon Techno Valley, and develop into the center of the southern industrial belt.

The project will simultaneously accommodate residential spaces for young people and newlyweds as well as advanced industrial clusters. It will create 511 rental units and RE100 apartments (structures where self-produced renewable energy equals power consumption), and implement eco-friendly and energy-independent systems through the introduction of thermal energy. Startups and venture companies specializing in future industries such as artificial intelligence (AI), biotechnology, and mobility are expected to move in, creating approximately 5,400 jobs. Commercial, cultural, and leisure spaces will also be provided near transit zones to boost local vitality.

Going forward, the province plans to work closely with Anyang City, Gyeonggi Housing & Urban Development Corporation, and Anyang Urban Development Corporation to ensure the project proceeds smoothly. In addition, it aims to cultivate "Gyeonggi Opportunity Town Induck-won" as a representative transportation and industrial hub in southern Gyeonggi by attracting private enterprises and preparing co-prosperity measures with the region.

Meanwhile, Yongin Platform City, one of the 3 Major Opportunity Town Projects, is currently being implemented through collaboration between Gyeonggi Province, Yongin City, Gyeonggi Housing & Urban Development Corporation, and Yongin Urban Development Corporation. It is a large-scale public-led urban development project investing approximately 8.268 trillion won in an area of approximately 2,729,000㎡ (approximately 830,000 pyeong) in Bojeong-dong, Mabuk-dong, and Singal-dong in Giheung-gu, Yongin, with a goal of completion by 2030. As it connects to Dongtan Techno Valley, the semiconductor hub, it plays a role in creating a single ecosystem for AI and semiconductor industries.

Uman Techno Valley (Suwon World Cup Stadium) aims to begin construction next year with an investment of 2.7 trillion won and complete by the end of 2030. Gyeonggi Province, Suwon City, the World Cup Foundation, Gyeonggi Housing & Urban Development Corporation (GH), and Suwon Urban Development Corporation participate as project implementers. It will be developed as a nexus connecting the AI knowledge industrial belt in the south with the biotech belt extending to the north.