Gyeongsan City's 9th Administration to Realize a 'Greater Gyeongsan' with Eight Core Pledges

A Hub for Advanced Industries Where Companies Gather and Youth Stay

Transportation Innovation: Expanding Networks and Broadening Opportunities

Comprehensive Care and a Future-Oriented Educational Environment

Transition to Smart Rural Areas and Support for Youth Settlement

Everyday Life Enhanced with Art, Leisure, and Inclusive Care

Gyeongsan City has reached a new turning point.

Over the past four years, Gyeongsan City has resolved major long-standing projects such as attracting Hyundai Premium Outlet, securing 531 billion won in investments, and opening the extension of Urban Railway Line 1 to Hayang and the Daegyeong Line. Now, as the city enters the '9th popularly elected administration,' it has set sail to turn these achievements into tangible changes in citizens' daily lives.

Based on its proven capabilities—such as winning the 'Grand Prize' in the Gyeongsangbuk-do City and County Evaluation in both 2023 and 2026, and receiving the highest rating in disaster management evaluation for four consecutive years—Gyeongsan City has announced eight core pledges that will transform citizens' everyday experiences.

Joyeonil Cho, Mayor of Gyeongsan, is seen helping farmers with their work. Provided by Gyeongsan City.

This series of five articles will outline the blueprints for each sector, intricately connecting the city's growth with citizens' happiness.

The driving force behind Gyeongsan's future growth begins with advanced industries and youth employment.

Gyeongsan City is focusing on developing the Gyeongsan 5th General Industrial Complex as a hub for robotics-centered future industries, while positioning Imdang Unicorn Park as a core base for advanced venture businesses, creating an ecosystem where startups and investors can thrive together.

In particular, the city is setting up the Gyeongsan Fund, worth 300 billion won, to actively attract innovative venture companies and establish a virtuous cycle where local universities, businesses, and research institutes collaborate for mutual benefit.

Through these efforts, the city aims to become a 'city of challenge and opportunity'—a place where young people can study, work, and even succeed in starting their own businesses.

The city is also accelerating the expansion of its transportation network to broaden living areas and maximize logistics competitiveness.

Gyeongsan is promoting the construction of the Gyeongsan-Ulsan Expressway as a new axis for regional economic growth. Additionally, the city is easing local traffic congestion and logistics burdens by pursuing projects such as the north-south expressway from Cheongtong-Wachon IC to Namcheon, the expansion of County Road No. 11 (Jain-Yongseong), and the introduction of a Jinryang Hi-Pass IC.

Furthermore, Gyeongsan will steadfastly push ahead with the establishment of Daegu Urban Railway Lines 1 and 2 circular routes and the extension into Gyeongsan. The city plans to complete a dense 'Daegu-Gyeongsan integrated metropolitan railway network,' maximizing synergy with the already opened Line 1 Hayang extension and Daegyeong Line.

The Gyeongsan-style support system has also taken concrete shape to reduce the burden of raising children and enhance educational competitiveness.

Centered on the soon-to-be-established Child Happiness Foundation, the city will integrate previously scattered support policies for infants and children, and build a comprehensive care safety net that meets the needs of dual-income households and emergency childcare demands.

In the education sector, Gyeongsan plans to build the Gyeongsan Library under the Gyeongbuk Office of Education, introduce a safe Gyeongsan-style school bus system, and develop multi-purpose youth centers and school complexes.

Taking advantage of being a city with ten universities, Gyeongsan will expand university-linked experiential education programs, creating an education city where learning and leisure become part of everyday life.

By promoting smart agriculture and providing tailored support for the younger generation, the city aims to achieve balanced regional development.

The city will expand smart farming environments equipped with advanced technologies to respond to climate change and increase productivity, making the 'Gyeongsan-style affluent rural area' a reality.

For youth, policies include not only providing quality jobs through industry-academia-research collaboration, but also supporting university joint festivals and expanding the 1,000-won breakfast program for students to promote co-prosperity with local universities.

Beyond simply offering jobs, the city is building an environment where youth can settle voluntarily, with culture, community, and quality of life all coming together.

Lastly, culture and welfare infrastructure that will enhance citizens’ quality of life will be significantly expanded.

Projects such as converting public sewage and wastewater treatment facilities underground and turning their surfaces into parks, as well as the creation of Sangbang Park and Munchonji Riverside Park, are proceeding without delay.

In particular, attracting a branch of the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art and building the Gyeongsan Culture and Arts Center are cited as key projects that will reshape the city's cultural landscape.

The city will also broaden the foundation for stay-type tourism by linking local specialty content—such as the highly successful 'Cafe Festival'—with the distribution and tourism district of Hyundai Premium Outlet.

In the welfare sector, measures include expanding care for people with disabilities across all life stages, increasing public job opportunities, providing vibrant spaces for seniors through the construction of the Jain Senior Welfare Center, and establishing a comprehensive social safety net centered on smart emergency safety alert services. The goal is to create an integrated care system where no one—from children to seniors and people with disabilities—will be left behind.

A Gyeongsan City official stated, "The ninth popularly elected administration is a period to turn the proven potential of the past four years into changes that citizens can truly feel in their daily lives. We will not rest or falter so that living in Gyeongsan becomes a source of pride."

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