Industrial Complex Warehouse Regulations Resolved in Two Years Through Active Administration

The 'Industrial Complex Management Guidelines' had restricted resident companies in industrial complexes to installing ancillary facilities such as warehouses only on sites adjacent to existing factories. However, companies unable to secure adjacent land were forced to use external warehouses, incurring additional costs.

Going forward, resident companies in industrial complexes will be able to expand ancillary facilities such as warehouses even on sites separate from existing factories. Gyeonggi Province proposed institutional improvements to address such corporate difficulties on two occasions, but they were not accepted at the time.

On the 12th, Gyeonggi Province announced that it received notice from the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy of a policy to improve the system to allow resident companies in industrial complexes to utilize ancillary facilities such as warehouses in locations separate from existing factories.

Previously, the province had proposed related regulatory improvements twice since 2024, but received responses stating "unable to accept" due to concerns over industrial land speculation. Subsequently, after reconfirming difficulties from companies in the field, presenting anti-speculation alternatives such as permitting factory leasing, and continuing consultation, Gyeonggi Province succeeded in securing the Ministry's acceptance.

Gyeonggi Province plans to continue consultation with central government ministries while actively utilizing case examples from company sites and previously prepared improvement measures, with the aim of expanding regulatory improvements that companies can tangibly experience.

Kim Baek-sik, Director of the Regulatory Reform Division of Gyeonggi Province, said, "To resolve difficulties in company operations, it is important to continue persuasion efforts by finding reasonable alternatives even when initial proposals are not accepted."