Mayor Kang Ki-yoon of Changwon Special City Strives to Address Local Issues and Secure Next Year’s National Budget

Two-Day Visit to the National Assembly Expands Cooperation on Local Issues
Diversifying Contacts to Strengthen Support for Key Municipal Challenges

Kang Ki-yoon, Mayor of Changwon Special City, has been making every effort to address local issues and secure next year’s national funding by meeting with members of the National Assembly.

On August 13, Mayor Kang visited the National Assembly to present various agenda items and continued his activities to resolve key municipal challenges and secure national budget allocations for the coming year.

Mayor Ki-yoon Kang of Changwon City is meeting with Assemblyman Seong-mu Heo and cheering him on.
[Photo by Changwon City]

An official from the city explained that during his two-day visit to the National Assembly, Mayor Kang held wide-ranging meetings with local assembly members and other key figures, directly explaining major local issues and working to build a cooperative network for future national budget support and institutional improvements.

On this day, Mayor Kang met individually with assembly member Heo Seong-moo and others to request support for high-priority and urgent local issues, as well as for projects requiring national funding.

The agendas discussed with Assemblyman Heo included seven major items, such as the expansion of the metropolitan railway network and changes to the criteria for designating special cities outside the capital region. In addition, Mayor Kang advocated for national funding for five projects: the establishment of the Smart Green AX Demonstration Industrial Complex to solidify Changwon’s reputation as “the leading manufacturing city in Korea,” and the construction of the SMR Manufacturing Component Testing and Inspection Support Center, which will lay the foundation for making Changwon “Korea’s No. 1 energy city.”

Mayor Kang Ki-yoon stated, “There are many municipal issues that are difficult to resolve by regional efforts alone, which makes cooperation from the National Assembly and the government more important than ever. We will continue to monitor the progress of each agenda item to ensure that this visit to the National Assembly is not a one-off appeal, and I am committed to addressing every issue necessary for the city’s development until the end.”

The city plans to use this National Assembly schedule as a starting point to establish close cooperation with local assembly members’ offices, strengthen momentum in addressing issues, and do its utmost to create changes that citizens can truly feel.

It is hoped that Mayor Kang Ki-yoon’s broad engagement with lawmakers will lead to effective resolution of local issues, smooth securing of national funding, and significant advancement of Changwon’s economy.

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