"If We Get Buried in Current Issues, We Can't See the Whole Forest" ... Mayor Ju Nak-yeong of Gyeongju Encourages 'Discovering New Industries'

At the First Practical Meeting of the New Year... Special Orders to Deputy Mayor Kim Hojin and Others

Joo Nak-young, Mayor of Gyeongju City.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Choi Jae-ho] "I ask all Gyeongju city officials to work diligently with the sense of responsibility that they are CEOs of future-oriented 'urban management.'"

On the 11th, Gyeongju Mayor Ju Nak-young made a special request to senior officials, including heads of departments and bureaus, at the first practical meeting of the new year to actively discover new growth industry engines.

On this day, Mayor Ju pointed out, "While issues such as COVID-19, AI, wildfire, and cold wave preparedness are important, if we become obsessed only with immediate problems, we risk making the mistake of seeing only the trees and not the forest."

While reviewing the progress of the 7th term elected administration's pledges, Mayor Ju ordered ▲ fair personnel management and improvement of the system for appointing community leaders (Citizen Administration Bureau) ▲ attraction of electric vehicle factories, development of Hope Farm site, and new investment attraction (Job Economy Bureau) ▲ construction of large transfer parking lots, and improvement of public bicycles and local taxi services (Urban Development Bureau).

He also emphasized the promotion achievements of each department's key projects, including ▲ the sanctification project of King Munmu's tomb and the concretization of cable car, monorail, and zipline projects in Bomun Tourist Complex (Culture and Tourism Bureau) ▲ additional designation of infectious disease specialized hospitals (Health Center) ▲ Seonggeon 1 urban regeneration New Deal project and creation of Slow City in Sannae-myeon (Urban Regeneration Headquarters).

In particular, Mayor Ju asked newly appointed Vice Mayor Kim Ho-jin, "Having served as head of the Gyeongbuk Province Future Strategy Planning Team and director of the Job Economy Industry Office, known as a 'strategy and planning expert' and 'job and economy expert,' please work with senior officials to discover new growth industry engines that will be responsible for Gyeongju's future."

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