제2회 서울인구심포지엄 > Forum & Conference

본문 바로가기

파이낸셜뉴스 부산파이낸셜뉴스 가이드포스트 파이낸셜뉴스재팬 fnMICE



지난행사목록

본문

 

 

 It gives me a great pleasure in welcoming all of the distinguished guests to the ‘2nd 

Seoul Population Symposium’ co-hosted by the ‘First-Class Economic Daily’ Financial 

News, the Seoul Population Forum and Korea Biotechnology Industry Organization. 

Especially I would like to thank Mr. Neung-Hoo Park, the Minister of Health and Welfare, 

Mr. Sang-Hee Kim, vice-chairman of the Presidential Committee on Aging Society and 

Population Policy, and Mr. Seung-Gyoo Lee, vice-president of Korea Biotechnology 

Industry Organization, who participated in today’s event held for celebrating World 

Population Day designated by the United Nations.

 

The demographic statistics announced by the government at the end of every month 

indicate that the population growth rate has been gradually declining. According to this 

April’s population trends released recently, the number of births were 27,700, which is 

an all-time low.

The total fertility rate in Korea last year fell to 1.05 children per woman. If this trend 

continues, it cannot be ruled out that it might fall under 1.0 children this year. 

Population exports analyze that “if the total fertility rate is under 1.0 children per 

woman, it’s like members in society think the world they live in may ‘not be sustainable’.

 

Dramatic measures are required. Although more than 100 trillion won has been funded 

to overcome low birthrate for the last decade, laughter of children gradually disappears. 

Local governments are struggling with fewer people, which will ‘lead the local 

governments to disappear’.

Last year the Financial News held the population symposium for the first time in order 

to suggest a solution to the population issue, the greatest problem Korea is facing. 

This second symposium, following the first held last year, will focus on analyzing super 

low birth rate and the weakening of family’s functions, and policy measures extensively.

 

The Seoul Population Symposium held under the theme “Family Restoring and New 

Familism” will be the place of high-quality discourse that finds a solution to low birth rate 

and aging. I wish all of you well and hope that you all will have a great time ahead.

 

Thank you.

 

 

Joo-Hyun Kim

Chairman & CEO,

The Financial News 

첨부파일

서울특별시 서초구 강남대로 315, 파이낸셜뉴스빌딩 9층 | TEL. 02-6965-0016 | FAX. 02-6965-0000 | E-mail : 8amwon@fnnews.com
Copyright ⓒ파이낸셜뉴스. All rights reserved.