chungju city

Business-Friendly City

An environment-friendly and self-sufficient city
「High-tech Business-friendly City 」

Chungju High-tech Business-friendly City: - Location :
   Iryu-myeon and Gageum-myeon in Judeok-eup, Chungju-si
- Area: 7,012,760㎡
- Target population: 20,200
- Period: 2005-2020
   (1st stage: 2005-2011 / 2nd stage: 2012-2020)
- Participating companies and organizations :
   POSCO E&C, Lim Kwang E&C Group, POSDATA,
   Dong Wha Pharmaceuticals, Inc.,
   Korea National Housing Corporation, Nonghyup,
   Chungju Municipal Government
- Types of business :
   High-tech electronic information parts and materials

Location Conditions

A good traffic location about 2 hours from any place of the country.

- Jungbu Inland Highway (Yeoju-Chungju-Gumi-Masan)
※ North Chungju ↔ Seoul Tollgate (93 km), East Seoul Tollgate (86 km)
- Dongseo Highway under construction (Pyeongtaek-Eumseong-Chungju)
- Jungbu Inland Railway under design (Seongnam-Icheon-Chungju)
- Cheongju International Airport (40 min)
- Multi-functional administrative city (1 hr)

Other Optimal Conditions

- Abundant industrial water (Chungju Dam) - Various recreation and resting spaces (e.g., mountains, hot springs, etc.)

Mt. Wolak National Park, Chungjuho, Tangeumho, Mungyeong Saejae (mountain pass), Danyang Palgyeong (eight views in Danyang)
Korea’s best spa resorts (e.g., Suanbo, Mungang, Angseong, etc.)
Various leisure sports facilities (e.g., golf clubs, condominiums, ski resorts, water leisure sports resorts, etc.)

Purpose

Chungju: Business-friendly City

- Development of an environment-friendly model city that leads balanced regional development
- Development of a new growth engine in the central region of Korea
- Establishment of a strategic position through self-sufficient localization
- Establishment of a multi-purpose and self-sufficient settlement space for housing, education, healthcare, culture, etc.

Construction of an environment-friendly and self-sufficient city: Chungju High-tech, Business-friendly City

Development of a multi-functional and self-sufficient city for balanced regional development, promotion of investments, job creation, and improvement of business competitiveness

Development plan

Urban development through academia-industry-research-government cooperation
Promotion of continuous economic, social, cultural, and environmental development
Construction of an environment-centered city as a model city for the Korean-style knowledge industry
Establishment of environment-friendly urban hot springs based on a green network
Development of a new living environment and a community network
Development of a future-oriented and intelligent, information-system-based, business-friendly city through the establishment of a ubiquitous urban network
Construction of a ubiquitous system to realize the ‘U-City’(e.g., urban information control center, wired and wireless broadband network, etc.)