Busan Mayor Park Hyung-jun Visits Transition Committee... Actively Requests Support for Bu-Ul-Gyeong Mega City

Busan City Hall.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Hwang Du-yeol] On the afternoon of the 19th, the heads of local governments in Busan, Ulsan, and Gyeongnam (Bu-Ul-Gyeong) will hold a meeting with Kim Byung-joon, Special Committee Chairman for Regional Balanced Development of the Presidential Transition Committee.

Busan Mayor Park Hyung-joon and the heads of the three metropolitan cities and provinces held a signing ceremony in the morning with the Ministry of the Interior and Safety and other related ministries to support the Bu-Ul-Gyeong Special Local Government. After the signing ceremony, the local government heads will visit the Transition Committee to meet Chairman Kim Byung-joon.

At this meeting, Mayor Park Hyung-joon is expected to explain the Bu-Ul-Gyeong Super Metropolitan Area Development Plan.

Ulsan Mayor Song Cheol-ho will emphasize the necessity of the Bu-Ul-Gyeong Special Union by explaining the current status of its establishment and future plans, and will explain the Bu-Ul-Gyeong Mega City strategy while requesting active support from the new government.

Mayor Park will explain the ‘Bu-Ul-Gyeong Super Metropolitan Area Development Plan’ and emphasize its role and function as another growth axis of the Republic of Korea.

The Special Union plans to focus on three major sectors: industry, talent, and space, promoting the concentrated development of the automobile, shipbuilding, and aviation industries.

Key points also include restructuring the eco-friendly industrial structure linked to the hydrogen industry, fostering digital new industries, strengthening competitiveness through super-metropolitan research and development (R&D), and requesting legal, institutional, and financial support from the central government.

Busan Mayor Park Hyung-joon said, “As citizens have great interest and expectations for the Bu-Ul-Gyeong Mega City, we hope the new government will actively support the Bu-Ul-Gyeong Mega City strategy to be carried out without any setbacks.”

The Busan-Ulsan-Gyeongnam Special Union plans to carry out 126 tasks in 21 fields including super-metropolitan railway networks, super-metropolitan road networks, public transportation networks, hydrogen economic zones, eco-friendly shipbuilding industry, automobile, and aviation industries starting from January 1, 2023.

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