"Cheongyang County applies for rural basic income pilot project... proposes solution to regional depopulation as 'Cheongyang model'"

Cheongyang County (County Head Kim Don-gon) submitted an application for the government's 'Rural Basic Income Pilot Project' on the 10th, marking the start of a full-fledged administrative initiative to overcome the threat of local extinction. The county finalized the project plan and budget by mobilizing inter-departmental cooperation and returning them by the Chuseok holiday. This project is a government-sponsored initiative that selects six counties facing population decline to provide residents with a monthly equivalent of 150,000 won in regional love vouchers, aiming to stabilize rural life and strengthen the regional economic circulation structure. Cheongyang County formed a 'Rural Basic Income Promotion TF' led by the vice county head immediately after the announcement of the project, strengthened inter-departmental cooperation, and held a series of briefings in collaboration with agricultural organizations, village head councils, and the Smart Cheongyang Committee to ...