Wonju City, Full Effort to Secure 2023 National Budget... Total of 375.4 Billion Won

Comprehensive National Budget Securing Activities Carried Out Until Government Budget Confirmation

Won Gang-su, Mayor of Wonju (second from the right in the photo), visited the Ministry of Economy and Finance with city officials to explain major pending projects for next year and request national funding support. [Wonju City]

[Asia Economy Reporter Ra Young-cheol] Wonju City, Gangwon Province, secured 1.2066 trillion KRW in national funding last year for projects such as the construction of the National Life and Medical Science Museum and the Yeoju-Wonju double-track railway construction project. This year, the city is also making every effort to secure national funding for next year.

Won Gang-su, Mayor of Wonju, visited the Ministry of Economy and Finance on the 25th to actively request the inclusion of the 2023 national budget and expressed his determination to secure national funding for the 8th term administration’s pledged projects and to promptly resolve local pending issues.

Ahead of the Ministry of Economy and Finance’s confirmation of the 2023 government budget (end of August), the city plans to continuously monitor the progress of each project and visit central government agencies and the National Assembly as needed to request national funding support, ensuring that annual national funding is secured as planned.

The major national funding pending projects for next year include ▲Green Startup Town development ▲Digital Convergence Automotive Parts Innovation Support Center construction ▲Wonjucheon Dam construction ▲Eco-friendly Digital Healthcare Industry Support Center establishment ▲Eco-friendly Advanced Green Smart Center construction ▲Yeoju-Wonju double-track railway construction ▲Wonju Prison relocation ▲1st Army Support Command relocation, totaling 31 projects with a total national budget of 375.4 billion KRW.

The city will make every effort to ensure that all pending project costs are reflected in the Ministry of Economy and Finance and the National Assembly, while establishing a close cooperative system with the political sphere for rapid response to various situations before the government budget is finalized, and will carry out comprehensive activities to secure national funding.

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