Kim Sam-ho, Gwangsan District Mayor, Elected as Standing Chairman of the National Local Autonomy KDLC Gwangju Region

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Gwan-woo] Gwangsan-gu, Gwangju Metropolitan City announced on the 28th that Mayor Kim Sam-ho was elected as the Standing Chairman of the Democratic Party's National Local Autonomy Democratic Leaders Conference (KDLC) for the Gwangju region.

On the same day, KDLC held a general meeting in the Budget and Accounts Special Committee Room on the 5th floor of the Gwangju City Council and appointed Mayor Kim as the Standing Operating Chairman for the Gwangju region.

Mayor Kim, who is leading the 7th term of Gwangsan-gu administration, has been dedicated to establishing a regional economic governance model for small and medium-sized enterprises and small business owners, including the establishment of the "Gwangsan-gu Corporate Doctor Center."

When the local economy fell into crisis due to COVID-19, he formed the "Gwangsan Economic Vaccine Meeting," a public-private cooperative governance, the first of its kind among local governments nationwide, and introduced economic vaccine prescriptions such as 1% hope loans.

Along with this, he solidly laid the foundation of "Gwangsan-gu connecting communities and villages" through the operation of village activity supporters, village platforms, and support for the social economy.

By operating a two-way communication participatory budget school, residents were helped to discover and solve village issues, and through the expansion of the Gwangsan-type residents' autonomy council, he led resident self-governance administration.

In particular, he has continuously operated the Local Autonomy University linked with the Local Autonomy Local Government Council and proactively responded to the Local Transfer Act and the full revision of the Local Autonomy Act, taking the lead in revitalizing local autonomy and decentralization.

Mayor Kim Sam-ho said, "While struggling with COVID-19, I realized that 'local autonomy is immunity,'" adding, "We are proving the effectiveness of decentralization by preparing for the post-COVID era through solidarity and cooperation in the local community."

He continued, "As local autonomy develops from electing citizen representatives to educational autonomy and police autonomy, the influence of decentralization should spread to the region's economy and culture," and added, "I will devote all my efforts to supporting the National Local Autonomy Democratic Leaders Conference to lead this work."

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