Opening in the second half of this year, a healing gift with the scent of phytoncide for citizensNational and public natural recreation forests under construction by Incheon are expected to be available from the second half of this year at the earliest.This is good news as the public demand for forest recreation facilities is increasing due to the prolonged COVID-19.▲ The natural recreation forest and Hwagae Garden under construction on Muuido Island Island and Gyodong-myeon, Ganghwa by Incheon will be completed in June and will be operated from the second half of this year. Aerial view of Hwagae Garden.Incheon plans to complete the construction of the natural recreation forest and Hwagae Garden in Muuido Island and Ganghwa Gyodong-myeon in June and start operation in the second half of this year. The construction of the Deokjeokdo Island natural recreational forest project, which is being promoted together, is expected to be completed in December next year.The Hwagae Local Garden and Deokjeokdo Island and Muuido Island Natural Recreation Forest are the representative forest recreation promotion projects of Incheon, and when the construction is completed, it is expected that it will provide a wide range of opportunities for citizens to engage in recreational activities.▲ The Muuido Island National Recreation Forest creation project started in 2016 with the Incheon Metropolitan City’s visit to the Korea Forest Service and continued recommendations for promoting the National Recreational Forest, and KRW 8.6 billion was invested in the project. Aerial view of Muuido Island Natural Recreation Forest.The Muuido Island National Recreation Forest creation project started in 2016 with the Incheon Metropolitan City’s visit to the Korea Forest Service and continued recommendations for promoting the National Recreational Forest, and KRW 8.6 billion was invested in the project. On an area of 139 ha, there will be a visitor information center and a parking lot, as well a

Establishment of Incheon-type MRO industry portfolio, effect of employment of 3,000 people by 2025Incheon seeks an Incheon-type job model in the aviation maintenance (MRO) industry.Incheon announced on the 23rd that it was selected for the ‘2022 labor-management win-win local job consulting support project’ by the Ministry of Employment and Labor.​▲ When Incheon's aviation industry is activated, Incheon will have both wings of future food along with the 'Incheon bio industry' that is being promoted. This will provide a new engine for economic growth and job creation for young people in Incheon. The picture shows an aircraft remodeling process. Sharp Technics.This public offering project is a project to create local-specific jobs by developing a job model that can coexist with the local community and supporting the establishment of implementation plans. Of the 17 metropolitan cities and provinces, only 3 local governments including Incheon were selected for this project.Incheon planned this project to develop a local job model that can create synergy in connection with the various aviation maintenance (MRO) industries promoted by the city.The city plans to discover an Incheon-type job model by supporting customized direct jobs to companies such as the IAI aircraft remodeling project, the US Atlas heavy maintenance center, and the Korean Air engine maintenance cluster project, which it attracted last year, and providing stable jobs to job seekers. And it is expected to enhance the competitiveness of companies and create jobs for young people.Based on the tripartite agreement signed by the Incheon Regional Headquarters of the Korea Federation of Trade Unions and the Incheon Enterprises Federation and Incheon Metropolitan City in February, the city aviation department will oversee the project and Jung-gu, Incheon, where many aviation maintenance companies are located, will participate as a cooperative local government. In addition, the Institute for Aerospace In

Finding ways to use it publicly and building an open archive platformIncheon begins the Camp Market recording project in earnest.On the 23rd, Incheon signed a service for ‘establishing a basic plan for building a Camp Market archive’. It is to establish an open archive platform through systematic management and public utilization of Camp Market records.▲ ‘Bupyeong Camp Market’ returns to Incheon’s new futureAlong with the discussion on the creation of a cultural park following the return of the Camp Market, the need for a systematic record of changes in camp market space and function and historical and cultural assets centered on the Camp Market has been constantly raised.Accordingly, Incheon has conducted a case study and established basic data for the camp market recording project, policy research to suggest a direction for establishing a camp market archive, securing related service project expenses, and releasing architectural drawings for the camp market return area.This service for ‘establishing a basic plan for building a Camp Market archive’ was carried out to present a specific implementation plan through the establishment of an archive master plan.The main tasks of the service are, for the Camp Market and surrounding areas from the Japanese colonial period to the time of the return of US bases, ▲Research on the history of this area, from the Japanese military base to ASCOM City after the Korean War, and to Camp Market ▲Identification and arrangement of the current status of public and private records related to the Camp Market and surrounding areas ▲ Establishment of a basic plan (roadmap) by time and stage for the building of Camp Market archive, etc., and it will begin on March 23 and run for 7 months.Incheon plans to establish public-private partnership governance in which experts in related fields and the local community participate together for efficient and successful research service, and to prepare a systematic reporting syste

Moved to Incheon as an excellent company by forming the Innovation Mother Fund No. 3 Association Incheon Metropolitan City is expected to be reborn as a city for youth venture by forming the Innovation Mother Fund No.3 Association. The city of Incheon announced on the17th that it had signed a business agreement for the ‘Incheon Innovation Mother Fund No. 3 Association’ in the hospitality room of the city hall and awarded commendation plaques to the accelerator (AC)companies headquartered in Incheon. ▲ Incheon Metropolitan City is expected to be reborn as a city for youth venture by forming the Innovation Mother Fund No.3 Association.The photo shows the 'business agreement for Incheon Innovation Mother Fund No. 3 Association and awarding ceremony of commendation plaques to the accelerators' on the 17th at the City Hall Hospitality Room. The total size of the 'Incheon Innovation Mother Fund No. 3 Association' is 8 billion won, and six organizations, including Incheon Metropolitan City and (Corporation) Small and Medium Business Convergence Incheon Bucheon Gimpo Federation, Geomdan General Industrial Complex Management Corporation, Inha University I-Startup Lab,Incheon National University Industry-University Cooperation Foundation Startup Support Group, Incheon Center for Creative Economy and Innovation, will participate in the agreement. The parties to the agreement agreed to actively cooperate to revitalize the local economy, not only by investing funds in the future, but also by helping companies grow through the discovery of excellent companies. (Corporation) Small and Medium Business Convergence Incheon Bucheon Gimpo Federation and Geomdan General Industrial Complex Management Corporation, which are leading the future industry through convergence and collaboration, will cooperate in revitalizing the investment ecosystem by discovering and supporting excellent promising venture start-ups. This fund is an association in the form of mother fund (a fund of fund

Total opening of ‘connecting road between Sinheung-dong, Jung-gu and Songhyeon-dong, Dong-gu’ in 2025 Incheon's long-standing conflict and challenge, the Sungin Underpass, started full-scale construction with the first shoveling in 20 years of project promotion. ▲ Incheon Metropolitan City Mayor Park Namchoon delivers a commemorative speech at the'Sunginji Underpass and Connecting Road Construction Groundbreaking Ceremony'held in Yulmok-dong, Jung-gu, on the 15th.​ On the 15th, Incheon Metropolitan City held a groundbreaking ceremony for‘Sungin Underpass and Connecting Road Construction’ for section 3, the last remaining section of a total of 4 sections of the ‘connecting road between Sinheung-dong, Jung-gu and Songhyeon-dong, Dong-gu’ in Yulmok-dong, Jung-gu and Geumgok-dong, Dong-gu.The groundbreaking ceremony was attended by around 100 key figures and resident representatives, including Incheon Metropolitan City Mayor Park Namchoon, as well as local councilors.As for the ‘connecting road between Sinheung-dong, Jung-gu and Songhyeon-dong, Dong-gu’, also called ‘Baedari Penetration Road’, is 2.92 km long and 50-70 m wide, construction started in 2001 after the approval of the implementation plan was announced in 1999 for the balanced development of Yeonsu-gu, Jung-gu, Dong-gu, and Seo-gu regions by securing a street network on the north and south sides of Incheon Metropolitan City.​ ▲The Sungin Underpass, which was scheduled to be carried out in 2010, was at a standstill due to opposition from local residents, such as inconvenient passage for the elderly, concerns about disconnection due to regional segregation, and deterioration of the residential environment.​(left) Geumchang-dong Residents’ Autonomy Committee briefing session (2019.08.06.), (right) 2ndpublic-private council on-site inspection (2018.11.06) After that, most of the construction of the connecting road was completed by2011, except for the section of the Sungin Underpa

‘Neunghae IC ~ Hagik JC section’ to improve citizens’ health and living conditions Incheon Metropolitan City is promoting the construction of an underground road for the Second Gyeongin Expressway to improve the health of citizens and the living environment. ▲ Incheon Metropolitan City is promoting the construction of an underground road for the Second Gyeongin Expressway to improve the health of citizens and the living environment.​ The photo shows Yonghyeon-Hagik Urban Development Zone. Incheon Metropolitan City requested the Korea Expressway Corporation to consider the construction of underground road for the Second Gyeongin Expressway (Neunghae IC ~ Hagik JC section) in order to create a pleasant residential environment in the ‘Yonghyeon/Hagik Urban Development Project Zone’ currently under development. The Second Gyeongin Expressway (NeunghaeIC ~ Hagik JC section) is a gateway for transporting cargo from Incheon Port to the whole country, and is used by an average of 57,000 vehicles per day, or approximately 21 million vehicles per year. At the time of the opening of the highway in 1994, the area around Neunghae IC ~ Hagik JC was not a big problem because it was concentrated with factories, etc., but as urban development projects were carried out and residential facilities were located, the Second Gyeongin Expressway, which was installed in the form of a bridge, has become a facility that disturbs the residential environment by generating noise and dust and damaging the landscape. ▲ View of the Second Gyeongin Expressway Currently, around the Second Gyeongin Expressway (Neunghae IC ~ Hagik JCsection), the Yonghyeon/Hagik district urban development project is in progress,and last year, four block projects were completed, including SK Sky View, Hagik Doosan We've, Hillstate Hagik, and ExLLu Tower, and residents have moved in. In addition, on the site that OCI Company Ltd. has moved to the outside near the Second Gyeongin Expressway, site developm

Substantial synergy expected when combined with the Incheon Institute for BioprocessingResearch and Training​Songdo (Incheon), a leader in the domestic bio-industry, is expected to become a cradle that produces bio-industry experts not only for Korea, but also for the global market.The Global Biomanufacturing Workforce Training Hub, which the World Health Organization (WHO) nominated Korea to host the institution, and the Institute for Bioprocessing Research and Training commissioned by the Incheon Metropolitan City Government, are expected to work together to generate more synergy in producing talented individuals for the bio industry.▲ Incheon Mayor Park Nam-choon toured the PR center with Prime Minister Kim Boo-kyum and Samsung Biologics President John Lim, who visited the COVID-19 vaccine production facility at Samsung Biologics in Songdo last year.Incheon announced on February 23 that Korea had been nominated exclusively for WHO’s Global Biomanufacturing Workforce Training Hub.The WHO Global Biomanufacturing Workforce Training Hub recognizes the urgency of building biopharmaceutical manufacturing capabilities in low- and middle-income countries due to the vaccine inequality among countries identified since the COVID-19 pandemic.It will play a central role in providing education and training on vaccine and biopharmaceutical production processes to ensure vaccine self-sufficiency in low- and middle-income countries.▲ Incheon Metropolitan City Government and SK Bioscience signed an investment contract on December 27, 2021.Since November last year, the WHO has been calling for bids regarding its Global Biomanufacturing Workforce Training Hub project, and the results were announced only recently. Korea formed a public-private partnership to prepare a proposal, which scored high marks thanks to the fact that Korea has the second-largest biopharmaceutical production capacity (600,000 liters per year) in the world, an excellent education/training infrastructure

City Government to install Care Plug at 1,000 additional households and replace 885phones with “intelligent” safety phonesThe Incheon Metropolitan City Government is actively responding to issues occurring in some of the blind spots in its welfare system and tackling problems stemming from aging population more effectively using innovative digital technology.Incheon plans to install additional Care Plug devices in 1,000 households this year and replace 885 phones with “intelligent” safety phones to assist with the daily care of at-risk citizens and prevent senior citizens from dying alone.Incheon’s Care Plug and intelligent safety phones are Internet of Things (IoT) devices. They are considered great examples of creating an “inclusive information society” where digital technology helps overcome gaps in care services for those in the blind spots of the welfare system. With 14.3% of its population aged 65 and over (as of 2021), Incheon has an aged society, which means these efforts to create a safety net that can take care of elderly citizens living alone more effectively is sorely needed for the City.▲ Incheon plans to install additional Care Plug devices in 1,000 households this year and replace 885 phones with “intelligent” safety phones to assist with the daily care of at-risk citizens and prevent senior citizens from dying alone. Image of a safety phone.Care Plug is a system that remotely monitors the user’s activity 24 hours a day by analyzing the usage of home appliances and changes in lighting conditions throughout the house. Using IoT technology, when the Care Plug detects danger (e.g. no change in power consumption or illumination in the home for an extended period), it automatically sends a text to the system operator. Then, the operator checks in with the Care Plug user to make sure they are not in any danger.Last year, Care Plugs were installed in 979 at-risk households, such as households receiving basic livelihood support and near-

City commissions in-house feasibility study and master plan for the landfill... EcoLand to receive incinerated waste residuals onlyCity commissions in-house feasibility study and master plan for the landfill... Eco Land to receive incinerated waste residuals onlyThe Incheon Metropolitan City Government is pushing forward with its Incheon Eco Land (tentative name) project, a regional eco-friendly landfill that can accommodate waste as landfills across the metropolitan region begin to shut down completely over the next full year.On February 14, the Incheon signed a contract for the “Incheon Metropolitan City regional landfill site feasibility study and master plan” project. ▲ The Incheon Metropolitan City Government is pushing forward with its Incheon Eco Land (tentative name) project, a regional eco-friendly landfill that can accommodate waste as landfills across the metropolitan region begin to shut down completely over the next full year. Bird’s eye view of the proposed landfill site.With this project, Incheon will gather data on building a new regional landfill site at 248-1, Oe-ri, Yeongheung-myeon, Ongjin-gun, which the City Government settled on as its final candidate site for the new landfill. The data will help convince local residents of the necessity of building a new landfill, and present a rational construction plan that suits local conditions.In April 2021, Incheon purchased 17 lots (890,486m2) in Ongjin-gun for the landfill and has completed the transfer registration process.The project will take 12 months from its start date. Its objective is to investigate the feasibility of the location, technology, economy, and environment of the new landfill, and to establish a master plan. The following tasks are expected as part of this project: survey on the current status of the site and collection of data; survey on the current waste generation status and future forecast; calculation of facility size; evaluation of the location; analysis of similar fac

Phase 1-1 completion in May, target to be completed in 2027The project to create a waterfront that will make Songdo International City in the Incheon Free Economic Zone (IFEZ) a marine-friendly city is being promoted as planned.The Incheon Free Economic Zone Authority announced that the Songdo waterfront construction, which is being promoted in stages with the goal of completion in 2027, is progressing without any setbacks, such as the completion of Phase 1-1, which is being promoted as a leading project, in May.▲ The Incheon Free Economic Zone Authority announced that the Songdo waterfront construction, which is being promoted in stages with the goal of completion in 2027, is progressing without any setbacks, such as the completion of Phase 1-1, which is being promoted as a leading project, in May. The picture is a view of the Songdo Waterfront sea-site.Phase 1-1 is currently in the process of completing the overall civil engineering work, including installation of waterfront facilities and landscaping work. When the construction is completed, it is expected that the water quality of the reservoir will be improved through seawater circulation through the sluice gate, and flooding will be prevented by blocking seawater inflow and securing storage capacity during heavy rain.The Incheon Free Economic Zone Authority plans to create waterfront facilities where residents can enjoy a variety of pleasures throughout the southern connecting waterway, a landscape-specialized pedestrian bridge, and a visual resting space such as Milky Way Square and Moonlight Square on both sides of the connecting waterway.The following Phase 1-2 completed the main administrative procedures of the detailed design stage, such as the selection of the bridge landscape and construction method, and began full-scale design of the section from Lakes 6 and 8 to the north side connecting waterway to the north side waterway with the goal of placing an order for construction in the second half of the