Mayor Shin Kae-yong Recommends to Ministry of Interior and Safety: Maintain Ministry of Justice at Government Gwacheon Complex, Attract Seoul National University AI Research Facility

Gwacheon City has recommended that it be allowed to participate in the process of the 'Medium and Long-term Utilization Plan Research Project for the Government Gwacheon Complex' being pursued by the Ministry of Interior and Safety.

Gwacheon City announced that Mayor Shin Kae-yong submitted Gwacheon City's official opinion regarding the future utilization plan for the Government Gwacheon Complex and idle land in relation to the 'Medium and Long-term Utilization Plan Research Project for the Government Gwacheon Complex.'

Since the Government Gwacheon Complex is a symbolic facility that has grown together with Gwacheon over the past 40 years, Gwacheon City's position is that the city must officially participate from the research project stage that determines the future direction of the complex's utilization, so that regional conditions and citizen opinions can be sufficiently reflected.

On the 3rd, Mayor Shin Kae-yong attended the 'Second Central Administrative Agency Relocation Public Hearing' hosted by the Ministry of Interior and Safety held at the annex of the Government Seoul Complex, and requested that an official opinion-gathering channel be established to allow Gwacheon City to participate in the research project on the medium and long-term utilization plan of the Government Gwacheon Complex.

On that day, an official from the Ministry of Interior and Safety stated they would review Gwacheon City's opinion, and accordingly, Gwacheon City officially submitted specific opinions on maintaining the functions of the Government Gwacheon Complex and promoting regional development on the 6th.

The main opinions submitted by Gwacheon City are as follows: ▲substantive opinion gathering through the establishment of an official consultation body of Gwacheon City related to the research project on the medium and long-term utilization plan of the Government Gwacheon Complex ▲maintaining the Ministry of Justice at the Government Gwacheon Complex and attracting Seoul National University AI research facilities ▲relocation of Gwacheon Police Station and Fire Station to the idle land of the Government Gwacheon Complex (5 Jungang-dong/state-owned land) ▲strengthening the civic plaza function of the idle land in front of the Government Gwacheon Complex, totaling four items.

Mayor Shin Kae-yong stated, "The future utilization plan for the Government Gwacheon Complex and idle land is an important matter that determines Gwacheon's future," adding, "I will actively present opinions so that Gwacheon City's opinions can be substantially reflected in the government's medium and long-term utilization plan."