Governor Kim Kyung-soo Requests People Power Party's Support for Building Southeast Regional Transportation Network

Joo Ho-young Floor Leader Promises "Special Attention and Support for Metropolitan Railway Network, Aircraft Manufacturing Industry, Changwon National Industrial Complex"

People Power Party Floor Leader Joo Ho-young (left) and Gyeong Gyeong-su, Governor of Gyeongnam Province, are greeting each other. (Photo by Gyeongnam Province)

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kang Sharon] Kim Kyung-soo, Governor of Gyeongnam Province, requested the People Power Party to “support the establishment of the Southeast Regional Metropolitan Transportation Network.”

Governor Kim attended the ‘People Power Party-Gyeongsangnam-do Budget Policy Council’ held at Busan City Hall on the afternoon of the 5th and said, “Recently, ultra-wide area regional development projects have been actively promoted, but without the basic metropolitan transportation network, regional development is impossible.”

Introducing past government projects such as the ‘5+2 Metropolitan Economic Zones’ including the Southeast and Yeongnam regions, Gwangju and Jeonnam, and the Chungcheong region, Governor Kim said, “While those projects were promoted as a central government initiative, discussions are now led by local governments, increasing the feasibility,” and urged the opposition party to actively support ultra-wide area cooperation projects.

The meeting, held under the theme ‘People Power Party! Livelihood Policy Discovery Team K-Tour Bu-Ul-Gyeong Budget Policy Council,’ was attended by People Power Party Floor Leader Joo Ho-young, Policy Committee Chairman Lee Jong-bae, National Assembly Budget and Accounts Committee Whip Cho Hae-jin, Yoon Han-hong, Chairman of the Gyeongnam Provincial Party, and lawmakers Choi Hyung-doo, Seo Il-joon, and Kang Min-guk.

In his opening remarks, Floor Leader Joo Ho-young promised, “Amid continued asymmetric development centered on the metropolitan area, we will pay special attention and support to Gyeongnam’s formation of a living and economic community in connection with Busan and Ulsan, the establishment of the Southeast Regional Metropolitan Railroad Network, the aviation industry hub centered on Sacheon (Mecca), and the designation of Changwon National Industrial Complex as a specialized complex for advanced machinery, materials, parts, and equipment.”

Governor Kim expressed gratitude to the People Power Party leadership who visited the region and the lawmakers who have actively proposed ideas for Gyeongnam’s development, responding, “There is no distinction between ruling and opposition parties when it comes to regional and balanced development,” and added, “We will work together with the People Power Party lawmakers to actively promote Gyeongnam and the Southeast region to become another metropolitan area and an important axis leading South Korea’s economic development.”

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