Chungju Vision 2020 and Development Strategies
“Strong and Vigorous Economy and Young and Dynamic Chungju”
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Urban and rural lives exist in perfect harmony with state-of-the-art environment-friendly industries as the growth engine backed by a well-organized, high-speed transportation network
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High-tech, business-friendly city
The paradigm of an environment-friendly tourist city
Strategy I: A high-tech, business-friendly city and hub of logistics in Korea’s central inland region
◎ Develop a self-sufficient, business-friendly city with the high-tech industrial park
◎ Build an inland port for the Great Korea Canal and a multi-purpose logistics complex, and establish a new industrial belt in connection with the canal
◎ Build a world-class multi-purpose healthcare complex (healthcare + agriculture + bio-industry)
Strategy II: Center of Jungwon history and culture
◎ Establish the identity and status of Jungwon culture through the national Jungwon Cultural Heritage Research Institute
◎ Promote the Basic Jungwon Culture Development Plan to develop and specialize Jungwon cultural contents
Strategy III: The best tourism and recreation city near the capital city
◎ Expand the cultural infrastructure (e.g., UN Peace Park, etc.) and develop year-round theme tour programs
◎ Develop a world-level riverside theme park (e.g., Chungjuho Flow 100-ri Renaissance Project)
Strategy IV: A model welfare and environmental city in which urban and rural lives exist in perfect harmony
◎ Concentrate on fostering a high-quality and environment-friendly agricultural industry and on developing local products into global brands through specialization
◎ Concentrate on fostering social welfare and an environment-friendly agricultural industry and on developing local products into global brands through specialization
Future Images of Chungju
“Future Images of Chungju”
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- A hub of high-tech industries (e.g., a high-tech, business-friendly city)
- Center of Jungwon history and culture
- A competent tourism and recreation city near the capital city
- An ecologically and environmentally-friendly city where urban and rural lives exist in perfect harmony
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Develop Chungju into an environment
and business-friendly tourist city in which everyone wants to live
Regional Characteristics and Growth Potential
- Located in the middle of the nation
- Transportation hub
- ◎ Cross-shaped, high-speed transportation network: Jungbu Inland Highway + Dongseo Highway
- ◎ Emerged as the center of railway transportation: Jungbu Inland Railway + Chungbuk Subway Line
- - A national transportation network hub, in which various modes of transportation such as overland, marine, and airborne transportation are available (e.g., Gyeongbu Canal, Cheongju International Airport)
- Easy access, low land transportation price, abundant labor force
- Optimal industrial location conditions
- ◎ Business-friendly environment (e.g., Business-friendly City, High-tech Industrial Park, etc.)
- Mountains, hot spring, lake
- A wealth of tourist resources
- ◎ Scenic landscape (e.g., Mt. Wolak National Park, Korea’s best spa, Chungjuho, etc.)
- ◎ Decent facilities for leisure and recreation sports (e.g., golf course, ski resort, Tangeumho Rowing Course, etc.)
- Mixture of the culture of the three ancient kingdoms of Korea
- Origin of Jungwon culture
- ◎ A variety of national cultures (e.g., Jungangtap, etc.); a cradle of Taekgyeon and Gayageum