Gyeonggi Province Seeks Ways to Revitalize Private Land Survey Market

Gyeonggi Province is seeking ways to revitalize the private land survey market.

On the 24th, the province plans to hold a forum attended by all 35 private land survey companies registered in Gyeonggi Province to listen to voices from the field.

According to the province, since 2004, land survey confirmation and digital mapping surveys have been opened for private land survey companies to conduct. However, among the opened projects, private companies' contract share is only around 6.7%. The Korea Appraisal Board is handling the rest of the contracts.

On that day, the province plans to listen to the difficulties and suggestions faced by private land survey companies and establish support measures. In particular, it will review unreasonable systems or laws that need to be improved to revitalize the private land survey market and propose them to the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport.

Yoo Byeong-chan, director of the Land Information Division at Gyeonggi Province, said, "Since private land survey companies now possess technological capabilities and equipment unlike in the past, there is a need to induce fair competition through phased opening of the land survey market," and added, "If the private land survey market is revitalized, we can also expect effects such as job creation."