Let's Create a 2-Hour Tourism and Living Zone with the 'Namhaean High-Speed Railway'

Busan, Jeonnam, Gyeongnam Hold First Meeting of 'Namhaean Win-Win Development Council' on 31st
3 Regional Governors Announce 7 Joint Projects Including New Growth Tourism Belt Creation

Busan City Hall.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Yong-woo] Three metropolitan governments in the South Coast region will hold their first official meeting to discuss joint tasks for new growth, including the construction of a high-speed rail network.

Busan City announced that it will hold the "1st South Coast Win-Win Development Council" at 5 p.m. on the 31st at the Nurimaru APEC House in Haeundae.

The meeting will be attended by Byun Sung-wan, Acting Mayor of Busan, Kim Young-rok, Governor of Jeollanam-do, and Kim Kyung-soo, Governor of Gyeongsangnam-do, representing the three cities and provinces of the South Coast region.

These three metropolitan governments plan to announce a joint agreement on seven cooperative tasks, including the creation of a new growth tourism belt on the South Coast and the promotion of high-speed upgrades to the Gyeongjeon Line.

As the first initiative of the joint cooperation organization, Busan proposed a joint statement of the South Coast Win-Win Development Council for responding to the relaxation of regulations in the metropolitan area and balanced development centered on regional growth, and plans to announce the statement after consultations with Jeonnam and Gyeongnam.

Byun Sung-wan, Acting Mayor of Busan, said, "We have taken the first step toward forming a South Coast community for coexistence and prosperity," adding, "The goal is to expedite the South Coast metropolitan railway high-speed electrification project to connect Busan, Jeonnam, and Gyeongnam within a two-hour living zone and create a world-class marine tourism and leisure belt."

The joint statement, first proposed by Busan, on responding to the relaxation of metropolitan area regulations and balanced development centered on regional growth, mainly addresses the need for practical national balanced development to overcome the regional crisis caused by concentration in the metropolitan area and enable regional co-growth.

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