1 Billion Won Investment in Hwaseong's Baekmi and Dorito Ports...Attracting Youth to Rural Fishing Villages

Hwaseong Special City (Mayor Jung Myeong-geun) announced that Baekmi Port and Dorito Port in Seosin-myeon have been selected for the Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries' '2027 Rural Fishing Village New Deal 3.0 Project,' securing 700 million won in national funding, and is launching full-scale development.

The city will invest a total of 1 billion won, including its own budget to match the national funding, over four years from 2027 to 2030 to improve the fishing industry base and living environment in the Baekmi-ri area and revitalize the western fishing villages.

Mayor Jung Myeong-geun of Hwaseong Special City stated, "Baekmi-ri is a representative fishing village of Hwaseong City, having achieved nationwide success in operating rural experience leisure villages and attracting returning fishermen. Through this project, we will promote the project so that both the livelihood and workplace of fishermen are revitalized, and youth come to settle in the fishing village."

Under the slogan "Korea's Representative Young Fishing Village with Hundred Kinds of Living—Vibrant Baekmi and Dorito Ports," the city plans to establish the foundation for settling in fishing villages through the construction of a returning fisherman platform and the creation of a gourmet station.

The city will also pursue four areas: improving living infrastructure through night landscape development and modernization of shared work facilities; improving fishing environment through the establishment of Dorito's fishing operations forward base and safety environment improvements; and operating resident capacity-building programs.

The city will begin establishing a master plan in early 2027 and aims for completion by 2030. It plans to develop the Baekmi-ri area as a hub for West Coast rural fishing village tourism in connection with the Golden Coast Road (17 km from Jebumarina to Gungpyeong Port), which temporarily opened in June.

National Assembly Member Song Ok-ju stated, "The selection of the Baekmi and Dorito Ports Rural Fishing Village New Deal 3.0 Project will be a great help to the development of Hwaseong's western region and the revitalization of the rural fishing village economy. I will carefully oversee the fishermen's long-cherished wish for port remodeling to proceed without delay until its completion."

In the Maritime Ministry's call for proposals, 71 projects were submitted from 11 cities and provinces and 40 cities, counties, and districts nationwide, and 40 were selected. Baekmi and Dorito Ports were selected as one of 35 'rural fishing village recovery type' projects, and three projects in Gyeonggi Province, including Hwaseong Special City, were selected.

The 'Rural Fishing Village New Deal 3.0 Project' is a rural fishing village and port regeneration project promoted by the Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries to respond to the disappearance of fishing villages and establish a self-reliant foundation.