Gyeonggi Province to Operate 'Comprehensive Situation Room' in Yeouido to Secure KRW 5.435 Trillion in National Government Funding

Gyeonggi Province will launch a comprehensive situation room to secure national government funding in line with the National Assembly’s review of the 2027 government budget proposal, and will make every effort to ensure that funding for key projects is included.

Gyeonggi Province announced on November 12 that, as the National Assembly’s Special Committee on Budget and Accounts is set to begin detailed adjustments to the government budget proposal on November 16, it has set up a comprehensive situation room at the Gyeonggi Central Cooperation Headquarters in front of the National Assembly. The room will operate until the budget proposal is approved.

Ha Jong-mok, the province’s First Vice Governor for Administrative Affairs, will head the situation room, be stationed on site starting next week, and oversee the response. The situation room is being established at the direction of Gyeonggi Province Governor Choo Mi-ae. In light of the province’s fiscal crisis, Gyeonggi Province plans to focus its efforts on ensuring that funding for major projects is included during the National Assembly’s review.

Gyeonggi Provincial Government

Gyeonggi Province has been seeking KRW 5.435 trillion in national government funding for 86 projects in the 2027 government budget proposal, including KRW 564.8 billion to support home- and facility-based long-term care benefits for older adults, KRW 20.5 billion for labor inspectors’ personnel costs, and KRW 38.1 billion to support the operation of national sports and para-sports events.

Along with efforts to secure funding for these projects through the National Assembly, the situation room also plans to focus on securing an allocation for Gyeonggi Province from the Future Response Fund, obtaining funding for fire services, and legislative efforts to reform the local tax system.

Governor Choo Mi-ae said, "Amid this serious fiscal crisis, we must pursue national government funding with a sense of urgency that is clearly different from previous years. Please make every effort, recognizing that the lives of Gyeonggi residents depend on securing every bit of national government funding."

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