Mayor Park Seungwon of Gwangmyeong Implements First Organizational Restructuring for 9th Term... "Fulfilling Promises to Citizens"

Gwangmyeong City Launches Department of Transportation and Office of Youth Policy

Transportation, Youth, and Care Placed at the Forefront

AI-Based Administrative Innovation, Integrated Care, and Balanced Development Functions Enhanced

Restructured Organization to Begin Full Operations with Appointments Effective August 11

Mayor Park Seungwon: "We Will Deliver a Better Future and Meaningful Change"

Gwangmyeong City, led by Mayor Park Seungwon, carried out its first organizational restructuring to bolster its core pledges on transportation, youth, and care policies for the 9th popularly elected administration. By establishing a new Department of Transportation and an Office of Youth Policy, as well as strengthening its integrated care and balanced development functions, the city has focused on creating an "execution-oriented organization" to turn Park Seungwon’s promises into real business projects.

Aerial view of Gwangmyeong City Hall. Provided by Gwangmyeong City

On August 9, Gwangmyeong City announced that it will officially launch the new organization, along with personnel appointments effective August 11 as part of the restructuring.

The centerpiece of this restructuring is the transportation sector. To address the increasing transportation demand resulting from the Gwangmyeong Siheung 3rd New Town project and other large-scale developments such as redevelopment and reconstruction, the city established the Department of Transportation.

Departments within the new Transportation Division have also been split into areas such as railways, buses, and roads, to enhance their expertise. The Railway Policy Division oversees railway projects and metropolitan transportation policies, while the Public Transportation Division is in charge of citizen-oriented operations and transport management—including bus, taxi, freight, and parking services. For roads, the responsibilities have been divided into the Road Facility Division and the Road Management Division—strengthening construction, underground safety, maintenance, and improvement of pedestrian environments.

Youth policy functions have been consolidated into the Office of Youth Policy under the direct supervision of the Deputy Mayor. Previously dispersed across several departments, services for youth policy, employment, and self-reliance support have been pooled into one place, enabling unified oversight from policy planning to project implementation and even central government grant project responses.

The existing Integrated Care Division has been split into a Welfare Policy Division, responsible for planning and coordinating welfare policy, and an Integrated Care Division, tasked with addressing citizens' complex care needs—thereby improving both policy functions and on-site responsiveness.

Additionally, the city established a Medical Care Division at the Public Health Center to create a community-based system that links medical, health, welfare, and care services.

The Department of Autonomous Administration has been reorganized as the Department of Administrative Safety and will now handle comprehensive safety management. By connecting administrative and safety functions, the city has developed a response system that can rapidly mobilize its full organizational capacity during disasters.

The New Town Development Department has been restructured into the Department of Balanced Development, strengthening the city's ability to pursue balanced development policies that cover both new town construction and maintenance of old downtown areas. This expansion allows Gwangmyeong City to respond proactively to urban changes and to promote balanced regional growth.

The city has also prioritized administrative innovation using AI. The AI Strategy Division has been moved to the Planning and Coordination Office, reinforcing functions for AI-based administrative innovation and future strategy, and enabling Gwangmyeong to respond proactively to the government’s nationwide AI transformation policy.

Other additions include new teams for AI Strategy, Suicide Prevention, and Apartment Complex Audit, all designed to enhance the city's ability to meet future administrative needs and address issues closely related to citizens’ lives. The Learning Cooperation Team has been reorganized as the Civic Education for Democracy Team, building a foundation for increased citizen participation and self-governance capacity.

With this reform, Gwangmyeong City’s organization has expanded by one division and five teams, bringing it to one office, six departments, 72 directorates/divisions, and 267 teams. The workforce has also increased by 17 positions, including 16 new staff for the executive branch and one new Policy Support Administrator in the City Council Secretariat to accommodate the increase in council members.

Mayor Park Seungwon stated, “If the 7th and 8th popularly elected administrations were periods of nurturing Gwangmyeong’s new possibilities together with citizens, then the 9th term is the time to bring the accumulated achievements to fruition so citizens can truly feel the results. Based on the organization’s capacity and operational strength, we will fulfill our promises to the public without fail—delivering a better future and concrete change.”

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