At the Executive Meeting:
"Clearly Emphasize the Justification and Necessity for Implementation in Sejong"
Minho Choi, Mayor of Sejong City, has instructed the development of creative and actionable policies that incorporate local characteristics such as the administrative capital and Hangeul cultural city into the major projects to be proposed as new government policy tasks.
On June 10, during an executive meeting, Mayor Choi stated, "While it is important to communicate Sejong City's direction in line with the new government's policy stance, the key is to reflect unique projects that embody Sejong's identity in the national policy agenda."
This directive comes ahead of the launch of the National Policy Planning Committee, with the aim of reviewing the content of major projects to be proposed as national policy tasks and checking future implementation strategies. The National Policy Planning Committee will spend 60 days refining the new government's policies and pledges and preparing a blueprint for national policy tasks.
Mayor Choi emphasized, "When proposing projects for the national policy agenda, it is necessary to move beyond abstract and general content," and added, "It is crucial to clearly highlight that certain projects are not only of great national importance but also have compelling justification and necessity for implementation in Sejong."
In particular, he stressed the importance of attracting Hangeul-related public institutions and industrializing Hangeul culture in line with Sejong's status as the Hangeul cultural capital, and instructed the preparation of an all-encompassing, Sejong-specific response strategy for the national policy agenda.
Mayor Choi further explained, "For example, even when proposing the relocation of public institutions, the argument that Sejong is excluded from the list of relocation targets and therefore marginalized lacks validity. Instead, the logic of bringing Hangeul-related public institutions to Sejong, the Hangeul cultural capital, and establishing a Hangeul Cultural Complex Center is more persuasive because it reflects the unique characteristics of the region."
Regarding the planned relocation of the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries to Busan, he expressed concern that the issue could be reduced to regional self-interest and made it clear that the matter should be approached from the perspective of national administrative efficiency. Since 45 central government agencies are already based in Sejong, enabling seamless cooperation and communication among ministries, relocating even one ministry (the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries) to another region would undermine the operational system.
He explained that rather than weighing the regional gains and losses resulting from the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries' relocation, it is necessary to reconsider the plan with the top priority placed on the efficiency and stability of national administration.
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