Sejong-si Starts Securing Next Year's Government Budget with a Target of 872 Billion Won

Lee Chun-hee, Mayor of Sejong (first on the right), is presiding over the report meeting on securing next year's government budget at the city hall on the 8th. Provided by Sejong City

[Asia Economy (Sejong) Reporter Jeong Il-woong] On the 8th, Sejong City held the '2023 Government Budget Securing Report Meeting' at City Hall. The meeting serves as the official starting point for next year's national budget securing activities.

At the meeting, the city reviewed the target amount for securing the government budget for next year and the implementation plan, and discussed anticipated issues and countermeasures for securing budgets for major projects.

First, the city set the target amount for securing next year's government budget, excluding the Administrative City Construction Agency budget, at 872 billion KRW. This is a 10% increase compared to the 792.7 billion KRW secured this year.

To achieve the target amount, the city plans to focus on discovering strategic new projects that can effectively implement the city administration direction, such as laying the foundation for completing the administrative capital, and to carry out proactive activities centered on key pending projects.

The major new national budget projects identified for next year at the meeting include ▲ relocation of the National Folk Museum to Sejong City ▲ establishment of the Chungcheong Region AI Metaverse Convergence Cluster ▲ Sejong C-ITS construction project ▲ carbon-neutral green city creation ▲ and the construction of a healing agriculture complex center.

Additionally, the meeting discussed countermeasures to continuously promote pending projects for regional economic revitalization and cultural infrastructure development, such as national projects involving large-scale national budgets like the Sejong-Anseong Expressway, construction of knowledge industry centers, and cultural regeneration projects.

Sejong Mayor Lee Chun-hee stated, “To complete the administrative capital and realize a self-sufficient city, we will actively discover new projects and devote all efforts to persuading central government ministries through meticulous countermeasure strategies.”

Meanwhile, starting this month, Mayor Lee plans to visit the Ministry of Economy and Finance and central government ministries and request support for major city administration projects through cooperation with local members of the National Assembly.

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