Changwon City Urges Future United Party's Representative Choi Hyung-doo and Others to Pass Local Issue Legislation

Changwon City, Gyeongnam Province, announced that on the 3rd, Jo Young-jin, the first deputy mayor, visited the National Assembly and met with Choi Hyung-doo of the United Future Party, among others, urging bipartisan cooperation for the passage of local issue-related bills within this year. (Photo by Changwon City)

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Hwang Choi Hyun-joo] Changwon City, Gyeongnam Province, announced that on the 3rd, First Deputy Mayor Jo Young-jin visited the National Assembly and met with Choi Hyung-doo and Lee Dal-gon of the United Future Party, and Han Byung-do of the Democratic Party of Korea, urging bipartisan cooperation for the passage of local issue-related bills within this year.

The issues proposed that day were ▲extension of financial incentive support for the integrated city ▲passage of the full revision of the Local Autonomy Act within this year ▲and attracting the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art Changwon branch.

The integrated city financial incentive has been provided to Changwon City for balanced development of the former Changwon, Masan, and Jinhae areas at 14.6 billion KRW annually for 10 years, but it will expire this year.

The city has received financial incentive support for 10 years since its launch, but due to the aftereffects of integration, social costs and financial demands for balanced development have increased, so the city holds the position that extending the financial incentive support for the integrated city is essential to prevent a local financial gap.

Attracting the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art Changwon branch is a project promoted under the banner of expanding cultural enjoyment opportunities for residents in the southern region and raising the level of local arts.

In June, the city completed the final report meeting of the basic plan study for the construction of the ‘National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art Changwon branch’ and signed a mutual cooperation agreement with the Korea Federation of Artistic and Cultural Organizations and others to attract the Changwon branch.

Deputy Mayor Jo said, “We thoroughly discussed the economic difficulties the city is facing and the need to support current projects,” and added, “As Changwon City stands at a critical crossroads marking 10 years since integration, we will continue to strive for the city’s future leap forward.”

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