Chuncheon City Unveils Its First AI Master Plan to the Public, Featuring Nine Key Projects

【Financial News, Chuncheon = Kim Gi-seop, Reporter】Chuncheon City’s first-ever artificial intelligence (AI) master plan is set to be unveiled, led by nine key projects spanning senior care, disaster response and public-service administration.
According to Chuncheon City on the 13th, the city will hold a briefing on its AI master plan and a forum at 2 p.m. on the 16th in City Hall’s main conference room. Titled “From Strategy to Implementation: A New Leap for Chuncheon, an AI City,” the event follows the presentation of an initial blueprint at the final briefing for a commissioned research project last October. It will give the mayor an opportunity to explain the plan directly to residents and work with them to find ways to put it into action.
The master plan, which Mayor Yuk Dong-han will present, sets the direction for the city’s AI policies over the three-year period from 2027 to 2029. It is built around four strategies—“AI for All Citizens,” “AI for Industrial Growth,” “AI for Municipal Government Innovation” and “AI for Sustainability”—and sets out 12 major initiatives and 31 detailed tasks.
At the heart of the plan are nine key initiatives. Notable examples include the “Senior Life Care AI Village,” which supports older people’s health and care; the “Intelligent Urban Safety Management System,” which responds quickly to dangerous situations; and “Chuncheon AI One-Pass,” which connects services from policy information to consultations and applications in one place. The plan also includes projects that apply AI to local industries and change how administrative work is done.
At the forum that follows, Song Ho-cheol, CEO of Kruon AI, will speak on AI-powered administration and the changes citizens can expect to experience. Won Sang-ho, head of the AI Infrastructure Division at the National IT Industry Promotion Agency, will discuss AI data center policy, while Kim Gyeong-man, head of the support group at the National AI Strategy Committee, will introduce the national AI strategy.
Presenters and representatives from local universities, businesses and research institutions will take part in an expert panel discussion moderated by Lee Won-hak, a senior research fellow at the Gangwon Institute. They will discuss how to put the master plan into practice and answer questions from residents.
Chuncheon Mayor Yuk Dong-han said, “We will ensure that people can feel the benefits of AI starting in areas close to their daily lives, such as senior care, urban safety and handling civil complaints,” adding, “We will make this plan both a blueprint for Chuncheon’s path to becoming an AI city and a promise to its residents, and carry it through to results that enable us to grow alongside local businesses and the administration.”

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