Changwon City to Secure 2 Trillion Won in National Budget for 2023... 11% More Than This Year's 1.8129 Trillion Won

The Only Special Case City in the Province, Essential for Status Enhancement

Largest Ever Scale, Plan to Promote 151 Projects

Changwon Special City held the "2023 National Budget Securing Project Discovery Report Meeting" on the 25th.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Seryeong] Changwon Special City in Gyeongnam is expected to open the first-ever era of 2 trillion won in national funding, following the securing of the largest-ever 1.8 trillion won in national funds.

On the 25th, Changwon City held the ‘2023 National Fund Securing Target Project Discovery Report Meeting’ to strengthen its status as a special city and secure new growth engines.

At the report meeting chaired by Mayor Heo Seong-mu, attendees shared opinions among departments regarding 151 national fund securing target projects linked to government policies.

The city set its 2023 national fund securing target amount at 2.0041 trillion won, an 11% increase from this year’s secured amount of 1.8129 trillion won.

A special task force for securing national funds consisting of 69 members in 5 teams, led by the mayor as the head, will carry out phased activities in line with the national fiscal operation plan and the central government budget schedule.

Centered on the Planning and Coordination Office and the Seoul Office, the city plans to build a human network linked with central government officials, local members of the National Assembly, and others.

This year, the city allocated budgets for new and competitive projects including ▲50 billion won for advanced equipment robot digital manufacturing innovation support ▲4.2 billion won for the construction of the 3rd columbarium at Changwon Municipal Sangbok Park ▲4 billion won for sewer pipeline maintenance work in the Gusan-myeon area ▲3.5 billion won for the smart tourism city creation project ▲2 billion won for the Hoeseong District urban regeneration New Deal project.

Ongoing projects include ▲11.3 billion won for ICT convergence manufacturing operation system development and demonstration project ▲10.7 billion won for Changwon BRT construction project ▲7.6 billion won for Changwon City’s aged water supply network maintenance project ▲6.4 billion won for advanced warship research center construction project.

Next year’s national budget will go through the schedule of local governments applying to central government departments by the end of April, submission of budget proposals by central government departments to the Ministry of Strategy and Finance by the end of May, submission of the government budget proposal to the National Assembly on September 3, and finalization by December 2 through National Assembly deliberation and resolution.

Mayor Heo Seong-mu said, “As the only special city outside the metropolitan area, government budget must be secured to strengthen the city’s status,” adding, “We will discover projects that improve citizens’ lives such as future food industries and proactively promote a reverse competition method led by the city to nationalize projects, securing the largest-ever national funds again in 2023.”

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