Gwangju Nam-gu Starts Discovering New and Priority Policy Projects for Next Year

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Seon-gang] Nam-gu, Gwangju Metropolitan City (District Mayor Kim Byeong-nae) has embarked on discovering new and key policy projects for 2021 to promote medium- to long-term development of the local community and to advance local pending projects.

According to Nam-gu on the 23rd, a "2021 New and Key Policy and Nam-gu Type Korean New Deal Project Discovery Report Meeting" was held in the mid-sized conference room on the 6th floor of the district office that morning.

At the report meeting, discussions were held on a total of 238 projects, including 133 new projects and 105 key projects discovered by 35 departments of the district office to promote new and key projects for the next year.

The new policy projects included many related to the Korean New Deal project and also contained new policy projects aimed at the district administration slogan for the 7th elected term, "Vibrant Economic City, Happy Welfare Nam-gu."

In addition, policy projects responding to the post-COVID-19 era and new projects to be promoted through securing government budget support for the next year were also reported.

The key policy projects were mainly related to the campaign pledges of the 7th elected term, and as the 3rd year of the 7th term approached, discussions were held on the detailed directions for promoting the fulfillment of these pledges.

Furthermore, it was agreed to discover major pending projects and ongoing projects by each department as key policy projects.

Nam-gu plans to finalize the policy projects for each department soon after going through adjustments such as revisions and supplements regarding the projects reported by each department at this report meeting.

Along with reflecting these in the major work plans for the next year, Nam-gu will make every effort to expand project funding from the central government and Gwangju City to promote various policy projects for local community development and residents.

A Nam-gu official said, "We will strive to lead the medium- to long-term development of Nam-gu and enhance residents' happiness by preemptively discovering policies related to the government's core national tasks and Gwangju City's projects, and by promoting projects focused on creativity and innovation."

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