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100 Policy Tasks Five-Year Plan of the Moon Jae-In Administration Homepage: www.president.go.kr Twitter: @TheBlueHouseKR Facebook: www.facebook.com/TheBlueHouseKR The Korean Government unveiled its national vision “A Nation of the People, a Just Republic of Korea” on July 19, 2017, through a report to the nation on the Five-year Plan for the Administration of State Affairs. Five policy goals have been set to achieve the national vision-a Government of the People, an Economy Pursuing Mutual Prosperity, a Nation Taking Responsibility for Each Individual, Well-balanced Development across Every Region and a Peaceful and Prosperous Korean Peninsula. To achieve these goals, 20 policy strategies and 100 policy tasks were also established as details. The Moon Jae-in Administration came into being on the strength of the candlelight rallies staged by citizens last winter. The rallies called for the ouster of President Park Geun-hye who had lost legitimacy by unjustly privatizing state power. At the same time, the rallies manifested the spirit of the times that the people are no longer the subject of governing but are in fact the masters of the country. The report to the nation was designed to help the public better understand the paradigm shift in running state affairs from a state-centric system to a people-centered democracy. It is also aimed at sharing with the people the governing philosophy and policy directions of the Moon Jae-in Administration for building a properly functioning country, a new Republic of Korea. Through these, it is hoped that “A Nation of the People, a Just Republic of Korea” can be created with the core value of the new Administration-“equitable opportunities,” “fair processes” and “just results”-serving as guiding principles for the implementation of each and every policy. 9 10 “Five-year Plan for the “‌Five-year Plan for the Administration of State Affairs” Administration of State Affairs” and One Hundred • Realizing a Democracy by Popular Sovereignty • ‌Promoting Unity via Communication with the Policy Tasks A People-a “Gwanghwamun” President Government • ‌Creating a Transparent and Capable Government of the • ‌Reforming Law Enforcement Authorities People Democratically A Nation of the People, a Just Republic of Korea • ‌Fostering a Job-creating Economy for Income- driven Growth • Making a Vibrant and Fair Economy “A Nation of the People” signifies the embodiment of the new Administration, which carries on the spirit of the democratic candlelight An • ‌Creating an Economy for the Working and Economy Middle Classes rallies that reaffirmed the fact that the people are the rightful owners of the • ‌Preparing for the Fourth Industrial Revolution Pursuing nation, and runs state affairs in accordance with the constitutional spirit of Mutual by Supporting the Advancement of Science and popular sovereignty. Prosperity Technology • ‌Promoting Innovative Growth and Startups Led by Small and Medium-sized Business Ventures “A Nation of the People” pursues two objectives. The first is to transform the administration of state affairs so that the people’s will can be • Providing Inclusive Welfare reflected in policies and individuals can participate in the entire process of A A Nation • ‌Providing Full Government Support for Nation of the Taking Childcare and Education running state affairs to formulate policies together. The second is to seek People, Responsibility • ‌Creating a Safe Society To Protect the Public out collaborative governance and a politics of unity, serving all the people A Just Republic for Each • ‌Fostering a Fair Society that Respects Labor rather than any one class or section of the people by creating a government of Korea Individual and Promotes Gender Equality • ‌Building a Country Where Liberty, Creativity for everyone and politics driven by the people, not a government for vested and Culture Thrive interests and elites. “A Just Republic of Korea” sets a goal of eradicating unfair • ‌Promoting Autonomy and Decentralization Well-balanced To Realize Grassroots Democracy privileges and foul play, respecting principles and common sense, Development • ‌Ensuring Well-balanced National Development guaranteeing fair opportunities for everyone and addressing discrimination across Every for Mutual Prosperity and disparities. “Equitable opportunities,” “fair processes” and “just results” Region • ‌Developing Rural Communities Where People Want To Live are the core values of the Moon Jae-in Administration and the essence of its governing philosophy of creating a “Just Republic of Korea.” • ‌Ensuring Strong National Security and A Dependable Defense Peaceful and • ‌Fostering Inter-Korean Reconciliation and Prosperous Cooperation as well as Denuclearization of the Korean Korean Peninsula Peninsula • ‌Reinforcing International Cooperation through Diplomacy 04 05 • ‌The State Affairs Planning Advisory Committee has submitted • ‌The policy tasks also incorporate public proposals collected by the a “Five-year Plan for the Administration of State Affairs” that Citizens Advisory Committee for the Presidential Transition through contains policy recommendations to be pursued by the Moon Jae-in online and offline channels (“Gwanghwamoon 1st Street”) and other Administration over the next five years. pending policy issues that have a direct bearing on the people’s everyday life. • ‌The “Five-year Plan” consists of a national vision, policy goals and strategies, 100 policy tasks and consolidated innovative tasks. • ‌In addition to the 100 policy tasks, four consolidated innovative tasks were selected to be carried out as top priorities to underscore the • ‌“A Nation of the People, a Just Republic of Korea” is the national national vision of the new Administration: vision that will serve as the guiding principle for the Moon Jae-in Fostering a job-creating economy, Administration. • • Nurturing innovative startups, • ‌“A Nation of the People” signifies the embodiment of the spirit • Overcoming the demographic challenges and of the candlelight rallies that reaffirmed the fact that the people • ‌Promoting autonomous decentralization and balanced national are the rightful owners of the nation and the realization of a new development. Korean Government that runs its state affairs in accordance with the constitutional spirit of popular sovereignty. Four Consolidated Innovative Tasks • ‌“A Just Republic of Korea” is the declaration that all systems in Korea will be reconfigured in accordance with the principle of “justice,” the core value of the Moon Jae-in Administration. Promoting Overcoming autonomous Fostering Nurturing the decentralization a job-creating innovative demographic and balanced economy startups challenges national • ‌The State Affairs Planning Advisory Committee set five policy goals, development 20 policy strategies and 100 policy tasks as action plans to achieve the national vision. ‌Implementation strategies and action plans have been put in place to ‌The 100 policy tasks were chosen after a thorough review of 201 • • carry out 143 pledges for regional development. pledges and 892 detailed breakdowns of the pledges proposed to the public during the presidential election campaign. • ‌Similar pledges were merged together as single policy tasks while comprehensive pledges that encompass a variety of independent policies were separated into multiple policy tasks. 06 07 • ‌An open government innovation platform will be introduced to make Key Policy Tasks under the it easy and convenient for the public to communicate and participate. Five Policy Goals • ‌Criteria for appointing senior government officials will be upgraded, and a fair and transparent personnel system will be adopted. A Government of the People • ‌A law will be enacted to establish an agency to investigate corruption among senior government officials in 2017. This will come into force “A Government of the People” sets its sights on establishing a in 2018. new government system to realize popular sovereignty in institutions and everyday life. It pursues a government for everyone, not just one for the • ‌A proposal to coordinate the investigation authority of police and particular person in power. It seeks to reduce the privileges of the ‘imperial prosecutors will be worked out in 2017 in line with measures to disperse police power and establish a model of human-rights friendly president’, revamp an administrative system that had collapsed due to policing. The two interlocking measures will be put into action in the privatization of state power, and carry out democratic reforms in law 2018. enforcement agencies. At the same time, it intends to usher in the era of the “Gwanghwamun President,” a President based in an open public space and who connects with the people to further promote national unity. An Economy Pursuing Mutual Prosperity ‌Ministry-by-ministry task forces aimed at rooting out long- • “An Economy Pursuing Mutual Prosperity” aims at fostering an accumulated ills will be formed, and the influence-peddling scandal economy in which the fruits of growth are equitably distributed to the of the previous Administration will be thoroughly analyzed to find population. Income-driven growth is a core principle of this goal. It also out what caused it and to draw up measures against any recurrence. aims to restore a virtuous cycle in which increased household income • ‌A strong anti-corruption reform drive will be carried out by installing boosts consumption, which in turn increases investments and production. an independent agency against corruption in 2018 as a control tower. In particular, job creation is
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