Changwon City Launches Full-Scale Cooperation System with Local National Assembly Members for Securing National Funding

Struggling to Secure National Budget for Local Issue Projects During National Assembly Visit

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Saeyan] Changwon City, Gyeongnam Province, announced on the 2nd that it is making every effort to secure the 2022 national treasury budget for the promotion of local pending projects.

On the same day, Ahn Byeong-o, Director of the Planning and Budget Office, visited the offices of local members of the National Assembly to explain the feasibility and necessity of major pending projects in Changwon City and requested the interest and cooperation of local lawmakers to secure the maximum national treasury budget.

The projects requesting national funding support are important projects that Changwon City must promote by electoral district.

These include 3 projects worth 22.8 billion KRW such as the district-wide new and renewable energy convergence and complex support project, 3 projects worth 36.3 billion KRW in Uichang-gu such as the 2021 Industrial Complex Grand Renovation Project, and 3 projects worth 9.5 billion KRW in Seongsan-gu such as the Smart Industrial Complex Digital Platform Construction, totaling 18 projects worth 103.2 billion KRW.

The city plans to make every effort to secure the largest-ever national funding in 2022.

Ahn Byeong-o, Director of the Planning and Budget Office, said, "The offices of local members of the National Assembly also sympathized with the necessity of Changwon City's major proposed projects and promised to work together with the city to secure the national treasury budget. We will do our best to secure national funding so that major pending projects can be carried out without any setbacks until the final approval of the budget, including the National Assembly standing committee and the special budget review committee."

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