| June 2003 (Announcement of envisioned policy) |
Government announcement of the ??Plan for Relocating Public Agencies to Provinces for the Balanced Development of the Nation??
Discussions begun on relocating public agencies and construction of innovation cities
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| August 2004 (Set the criteria for relocation principles) |
Government announcement of the basic principles of public agency relocation and direction of execution |
| June 2005 (Confirmation of public agencies to be relocated) |
Establishment of plan for relocating public agencies to the provinces ?? formal implementation of Innovation City policy begins |
| August 2005 (Formation of dedicated organization) |
Creation of the ??Public Agency Relocation Execution Group?? (Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport) |
| December 2005 (Completed selection of sites) |
Selection of sites for the 10 innovation cities completed (Site Selection Committee of each city/province) |
| January 2007 (Establishment of legal foundation) |
Enactment of the ??Special Act on the Construction and Support of Innovation City Acceptance of Public Institutes Relocating to Local Cities?? |
| April 2007 (Designation of Innovation City districts) |
Designation of 10 Innovation City districts completed |
| May 2007 (Establishment of development plan) |
Establishment of development plans and implementation designs for innovation cities (completed in 2008.12.) |
| September 2007 (Laying the groundwork) |
Constructions of sites for the innovation cities begun |
| December 2007 (Approval of relocation plan) |
Approval process begins on the relocation of public agencies to provinces |
| June 2009 (Establishment of city advancement plan) |
??Innovation City Advancement Plan?? established |
| 2012 (Relocation to provinces commenced) |
Relocation of public agencies to the provinces (to innovation cities) begins |
| December 2017 (Revision of statute) |
??Special Act on the Construction and Advancement of Innovation City?? amended (went into effect on ??18.3.27) |
| bruary 2018 (Announcement of season 2) |
Announcement of ??Innovation City Season 2 Development Plan?? (joint announcement by related ministries) |
| March 2018 (Launching of development group) |
??Innovation City Development Group?? launched |
| November 2019 (Hiring of regional talent in metropolitan area, etc.) |
For the retroactive application of regional talents hired in the past and encourage the hiring of regional talents in Daejeon and Chungcheong region, the Special Act on the Construction and Support of Innovation City Acceptance of Public Institutes Relocating to Local Cities was amended (went into effect on 2020.5.27) |
| December 2019 (Completion of relocation to the provinces) |
Relocations of public agencies to the provinces completed |
| February 2020 (Hub strategy) |
Strategies are developed for the ??hubization?? of the local economies of innovation cities |
| April 2020 (Legal basis for Innovation City designation) |
??Special Act on Balanced National Development?? was amended to provide a legal basis for the designation of innovation cities in Daejeon and Chungnam region (cities and province can submit request for designation) |
| October 2020 (Additional designation of innovation cities) |
Designation of Daejeon 쨌 Chungnam as innovation cities |
| January 15 2021 (Notice on relocation of Ministry of SMEs and Startups) |
Efforts begun to relocate the Korea Meteorological Administration to Daejeon ?? necessitated by the relocation of the Ministry of SMEs and Startups to Sejong City |
