Suncheon City’s Full Effort to Propose Suncheon-style New Government National Tasks for Building a ‘300,000 Garden City’

Holding a Report Meeting on Local Issues, National Tasks, Transition Committee Recommendations, and New Project Discovery

[Suncheon=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Hyung-kwon] Suncheon City, Jeollanam-do announced on the 19th that it has launched an all-out effort to ensure that local issues are reflected as core projects in the new government's national agenda ahead of the inauguration of the new administration.

Since last year, the city has identified major mega-projects through a feasibility study for discovering new growth engines in Suncheon in preparation for the presidential election, and has since engaged in close communication with political party officials and politicians as well as central government ministries to reflect these policies.

Additionally, on the 5th, the city visited the transition committee to propose local issue projects to be included in the new government's national agenda.

The local development projects proposed by Suncheon City to the new government include ▲ Korea's first garden city Suncheon pilot project ▲ Early construction of the Jeolla Line (KTX) high-speed railway ▲ Establishment of a medical school and university hospital in the eastern region of Jeollanam-do ▲ Construction of a national veterans nursing home ▲ Opening of an alternative bypass road for National Road No. 2 in the eastern region of Jeollanam-do ▲ Establishment of the Honam branch of the National Folk Museum ▲ Undergrounding of the urban section of the Gyeongjeon Line electrification project ▲ Construction of the Suncheon Bay mudflat healing center ▲ UNESCO Women's Bay Marine Garden creation project ▲ Hosting the 3rd Suncheon World Climate Peace Forum for Northeast Asian peace, among others.

Furthermore, the city held a reporting session to additionally discover Suncheon-type tasks linked to the new government's election pledges by department and to share implementation plans.

At the reporting session, local issue projects linked to the elected official's policy pledges and additional strategic projects were shared, and strategic countermeasures were discussed.

The additionally discovered Suncheon-type tasks include ▲ Suncheon-based 4th industrial revolution infrastructure enterprise and workforce development ▲ Creation of Suncheon Cultural Market (Art Fair) ▲ Construction of Namdo Arts Center (Eco Art Center) ▲ Establishment of a high-level vocational education hub district (Hive) ▲ Operation of a digital citizen school for convergence and job creation in various fields ▲ Development of Suncheon Bay auto camping site ▲ Construction of a comprehensive Suncheon-type sports park ▲ Complete overhaul of the recycling collection system, totaling 17 projects.

The city plans to report these projects first to the ‘Jeonnam Province New Government National Agenda Reflection TF’ and then mobilize all communication channels with local members of the National Assembly and political circles to visit the transition committee and government ministries, focusing administrative power.

A Suncheon city official stated, “We will thoroughly prepare to ensure that the grand plan for a 300,000 population garden city preparing for the next 100 years of future Suncheon is reflected in the new government's national agenda and included in government budgets such as national subsidy projects.”

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