On July 1, 2006, Jeju Special Self-Governing Province was launched as a model city with exceptional autonomy in many areas of administration, including self-governing legislation, self-governing finance, self-governing organization and personnel management. Jeju Special Self-Governing Province has control over all functions but original national functions, such as national defense, diplomacy and security. Fifteen years after its launch, Jeju Special Self-Governing Province has seen an increase in population, tourists, and gross regional domestic product (GRDP) in the province, and its fiscal size has increased significantly. The results of the 2019 performance evaluation were generally considered good, but a survey of provincial residents showed that the residents' satisfaction was insufficient. In order for Jeju to be reborn as an international free city and a special self-governing province from an isolated island, the central government will have to guarantee high autonomy, while the Jeju Special Self-Governing Province will have to have the capacity to secure resources for regional development and special self-governing province.