Gwangju City Strengthens Administrative Collaboration with Special Local Administrative Agencies

Mayor Lee Yong-seop: "Let's Communicate More and Unite to Strengthen Gwangju's Development"

Lee Yong-seop, Mayor of Gwangju Metropolitan City, is delivering a greeting at the Gwangju Metropolitan City-Special Local Administrative Agency meeting held in the city hall's medium conference room on the afternoon of the 8th. Photo by Gwangju Metropolitan City

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Seon-gang] On the afternoon of the 8th, Gwangju Metropolitan City held a meeting with heads of special local administrative agencies, which are national institutions in the region, at the city hall's medium conference room to review collaborative tasks and exchange opinions on issues among the agencies.

The meeting was attended by Mayor Lee Yong-seop, Ryu Yeon-gi, Director of the Yeongsan River Basin Environmental Office, Lee Hyun-jo, Director of the Gwangju-Jeonnam Regional Small and Medium Venture Business Administration, Lee Ho-seok, Director of the Honam Regional Statistics Office, Lee Mi-seon, Director of the Gwangju Regional Meteorological Office, Baek Ho-seong, Director of the Gwangju Regional Public Procurement Service, Kim Jin-young, Director of the Gwangju Immigration Office, Kim Ju-sim, Director of the Honam Disease Response Center, Choi Sang-yeol, Director of the Gwangju Regional Employment and Labor Office Employment Center, and heads of 11 special local administrative agencies in the region.

The meeting proceeded with a review of the progress of collaborative tasks jointly promoted by Gwangju City and the special local administrative agencies this year and an exchange of mutual opinions on future issues among the agencies.

The collaborative tasks promoted this year include seven projects such as ▲providing convenience for voluntary reporting of individual local income tax (in collaboration with the local tax office) ▲establishing a prevention system for industrial accident fatalities (in collaboration with the local employment and labor office) ▲introducing smart factories in the AI leading city (local small and medium venture business administration) ▲promoting water quality improvement of the Yeongsan River (Yeongsan River Basin Environmental Office).

Each agency agreed to continue mutual cooperation related to collaborative tasks to create tangible results that citizens can feel.

Through this meeting, Gwangju City explained current issues such as the local COVID-19 outbreak status, livelihood stabilization measures, AI-centered city creation, and the construction of the Gwangju-type automotive factory, and requested cooperation from the special local administrative agencies.

In particular, the city plans to strengthen collaboration with the special local administrative agencies to ensure the substantial promotion of projects proposed by the Gwangju Innovation Promotion Committee for the 'With COVID-19 Administrative System Transition,' including ▲strengthening safety in the delivery market and protecting the rights of platform workers ▲establishing an online culture and arts platform ▲responding to corporate reshoring.

The special local administrative agencies proposed collaborative projects to Gwangju City that would allow government policies to permeate municipal administration and create synergy effects.

The Gwangju Regional Small and Medium Venture Business Administration proposed forming a consultative body linking the currently planned 'Gwangju AI Startup Camp' with the 'Artificial Intelligence Cluster Construction Project' promoted by Gwangju City.

The Gwangju Regional Public Procurement Service proposed forming a 'consultative body for promoting innovative procurement to expand innovative product purchase projects' and developing 'tourism resource travel products' that can be sold through the national comprehensive electronic procurement system (Nara Market).

The Gwangju Regional Meteorological Office proposed collaboration with Gwangju City for the reinforcement of the meteorological observation monitoring network by installing additional automatic weather observation equipment and introducing regional meteorological convergence services.

Gwangju City plans to cooperate as much as possible and jointly promote these proposed projects.

Mayor Lee Yong-seop said, “I thank the special local administrative agencies that have actively cooperated with municipal issues such as the successful hosting of the swimming competition last year and the COVID-19 response this year,” and added, “Although special local administrative agencies are national institutions, they are public officials rooted in Gwangju and serving Gwangju citizens, so let us communicate and unite with the city to further strengthen efforts for Gwangju’s development.”

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