[Update] Kang Giyun, Mayor of Changwon Special City, Elected as Next Chairman of the Special City Mayors' Association of Korea

Kang Giyun, Mayor of Changwon Special City in South Gyeongsang Province, has been elected as the next Chairman of the Special City Mayors' Association of the Republic of Korea.

Group photo of the Regular Meeting of the Special City Mayors' Council of the Republic of Korea.
[Photo by Changwon City]

Changwon Special City announced that on August 13, Mayor Kang attended the "Special City Mayors' Association of the Republic of Korea" meeting held at Suwon Convention Center, where he, together with the other four special cities—Goyang, Suwon, Yongin, and Hwaseong—discussed joint response strategies to expand special privileges and promote the development of special cities.

During the meeting, following the passage of the “Special Act on Support for Special Cities” on June 3, a consensus was reached among the five special cities regarding the need for additional transfer of authority and financial privileges to address metropolitan-level administrative demands, such as population size, industry, port facilities, and urban functions.

Additionally, Kang Giyun, Mayor of Changwon Special City, was elected as the next Chairman and will lead the association for one year.

Mayor Kang stated, "I will do my utmost to ensure that more authority, administrative work, and finances are transferred to special cities, making them a true symbol of local decentralization and self-governance, and building special cities that citizens can truly experience."

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