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Busan Metropolitan City Fully Launches Final Third Year of “Digital Twin Pilot Zone Development (Urban Type)” Project

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Busan Metropolitan City, under Acting Mayor Kim Kyung-duk, announced that it has officially commenced the third and final phase of the “Digital Twin Pilot Zone Development (Urban Type)” project.

◯ On May 20, the City held a kickoff report meeting at the Osong & Sejong Convention Conference Hall with the participation of the Ministry of Science and ICT, the National Information Society Agency, and the City consortium including Korea Land and Geospatial Informatix Corporation (Platform Business Division, Busan-Ulsan Regional Headquarters), Busan IT Industry Promotion Agency, Dong-A University, AST Holdings Co., Ltd., Allforland Co., Ltd., EDEN T&S Co., Ltd., and Gaia3D Co., Ltd.

□ The “Digital Twin Pilot Zone Development Project” is designed to interconnect and integrate independently built digital twin virtual models within a designated pilot zone in Busanjin-gu in order to address social issues and support the development of export models for Korean-style digital twin-based services.

◯ Busan Metropolitan City was finally selected in 2024 for the Ministry of Science and ICT’s public contest for the “Digital Twin Pilot Zone Development (Urban Type) Project” and has since been carrying out the initiative.

◯ A “digital twin” refers to technology that identically reflects the physical characteristics of real-world objects in a virtual space, implements them as three-dimensional models, synchronizes and analyzes them with reality, and supports decision-making in the real world.

□ The project is being implemented over three years from 2024 to 2026 and is now entering its third year in 2026.

◯ With a total project budget of KRW 12.14 billion, including KRW 8.49 billion in national funding and contributions from the City and private sector, Busan Metropolitan City is building a digital twin-based virtual environment.

□ In the third year of the project, a total of KRW 1.39 billion will be invested, including KRW 950 million in national funding and contributions from the City and private sector, to stabilize the cloud-based integrated digital twin platform, maintain and update data, and develop one citizen-centered digital twin service to solve urban problems. The City also plans to create export models by introducing platform services to ASEAN countries and signing business agreements for future expansion and export of platform services.

◯ The single service being developed this year is an “Urban Living Environment Stress Management Service.”

□ The City plans to systematically generate and actively promote project outcomes so that the eight digital twin services developed over the three-year period can be reflected in administrative policies and utilized as citizen-oriented services.

◯ To support safer daily lives for citizens through digital twin technology, the City is currently introducing completed services through the administrative platform and the public portal “1365 Twin Busan (1365twin.busan.kr).”

◯ Citizens can directly monitor and simulate the seven services currently implemented on the portal, and with the addition of the final service this year, all eight services will be completed.

◯ The final service scheduled for implementation this year will be available on the portal in December.

□ Baek Myung-ki, Director General of the City Planning Bureau of Busan Metropolitan City, stated, “As the digital twin project enters its final year, we must produce a wide range of outcomes, including policy changes in administrative operations and advancement of public services through service implementation.” He added, “We will continue to build a foundation for consortium companies to expand globally so that Busan’s digital twin safety model can spread both domestically and internationally.”