Objectives

• A land site created by the government where companies, universities, and research institutes partnered with public agencies are concentrated geographically to form a mutually dynamic network that could create innovations in the region (based on the Innovation City plan) Innovation cluster site = relocating public agency site + industry/academe/research center cluster site

Justifications

• Increase the self-reliance of innovation cities and act as a catalyst for reviving urbanity in the provincial regions such as creation of high-end jobs in the region (based on the Innovation City plan)
  • Build a concentration of regional industries
  • Focused network of regional innovation drivers* * Public agencies, companies, research organizations that directly or indirectly assist others in generating innovations.
• Article 5 Clause 2 (Establishment of development plans for innovation cities and their execution, etc.) of the “Special Act on the Construction and Advancement of Innovation City” <amended on ‘17.12.26>
  • Once every 5 years, the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport shall establish and implement a comprehensive development plan for innovation cities to accelerate their development. This plan must include a section on building industry/academe/research clusters in innovation cities and incubating regional industries through the cooperation of relocated public agencies.

Progress status

• Completion of “Plan on Building Industry/Academe/Research Cluster”: '13.12
  • “A Study on the Effectiveness Cluster Construction Plan” research commissioned by the Korea Research Institute for Human Settlements (’13.5～’13,9)
• Public notice on the sale of land sites for use by industry/academe/research cluster: '14.4.30 ~
• Legislation of the ‘Plan on Building Industry/Academe/Research Cluster’: '14.5
  • Amendment of the Special Act on the Construction and Support of Innovation City Acceptance of Public Institutes Relocating to Local Cities
• Designation of a section of Innovation City industry/academe/research cluster in Chungcheongbuk-do and Daegu as an urban advanced industry complex: '14.12
• Creation and distribution of manual for managing industry/academe/research clusters: ’14.12
• Amendment of the Special Act on the Construction and Support of Innovation City Acceptance of Public Institutes Relocating to Local Cities to include provisions on the management of cluster land sites: '15.12 (went into effect on '16.6.30)
  • Cluster occupancy approval (Article 5-3 or Article 5-5), occupancy approval cancellation (Article 5-6) and transfer order (Article 5-7 and Article 55-2)
• Establishment of standards for attracting self-sufficiency facilities in innovation cities: '15.11 notification
  • Types of self-sufficiency facilities and eligibility for receiving support, subsidization support items/time/size/procedures, tasks of local autonomous governments and project execution method, follow-up management, etc.

Development status of industry/academe/research clusters

• A typical cluster will occupy 7% (3,114,000㎡) of the Innovation City’s geographical area
• After completion of construction, public notice on the sale of land was served in April 2014. At the end of 2019, 65.7% of the cluster site had been sold.
• In the 2nd stage of Innovation City development, the focus will be on attracting companies to the cluster and managing them since building the industry/academe/research cluster in each Innovation City is the strategy of the 2nd stage.
  • (Innovation City development stages) 1st stage (～2015) relocation of public agencies → 2nd stage (2015～ 2020) construction of cluster → 3rd stage (2020～2030) spread regional innovations

  Development status of industry/academe/research clusters : Innovation City, Cluster Area (㎡), Cluster Vision

  Innovation City	Cluster Area (㎡)	Cluster Vision
  Daegu	858	Innovation growth hub cluster that drives the development of a safe, secure industry
  Gwangju Jeonnam (Naju)	415	Green growth hub city that leads the development of Honam metropolitan economic zone
  Ulsan	141	Cluster of new industries
  Gangwon (Wonju)	112	Construction of a hub city for green-based and knowledge-based health/life/tourism service businesses
  Chungbuk (Jincheon · Eumseong)	684	Creation of K-City model city (education, solar, ICT) with the cooperation of the region and public agencies
  Jeonbuk (Jeonju · Wanju)	230	Innovation hub and Innovation City for agricultural science, finance/ICT innovation growth of Jeollabukdo
  Gyeongbuk (Gimcheon)	307	Cluster for green energy, IT convergence, advanced transportation, agricultural life industries
  Gyeongnam (Jinju)	216	Formation of convergent industry hub cluster through creative innovation
  Jeju (Seogwipo)	151	Education·training and MICE industry tourism and cultural contents