Busan Gijang-gun Completes Policy Demand Survey for Residents... 'Economy' and 'Transportation' Are Most Important Areas

Gijang County Office.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Hwang Duyul] Busan Gijang-gun has completed the 'Gijang-gun Residents' Policy Demand Survey' to understand the policy demands of residents and use it as basic data for tailored policy formulation with the launch of the 8th local government.

In November, the county commissioned the Korea Gallup Research Institute, a professional public opinion survey organization, to conduct one-on-one interviews with 900 adult men and women residing in Gijang-gun regarding county administration operation, policy demand, and awareness levels of importance by policy sector.

Looking at the main survey results, the residents recognized the 'economy' and 'transportation' sectors as the most important among the various administrative fields of Gijang-gun.

Regarding the previous 7th local government, the most developed sectors were responded as 'housing and residence,' 'environment,' and 'health and welfare' in order, while the insufficient sectors were identified as 'transportation,' 'balanced urban development,' and 'economy.'

Next, regarding the 100 major policy tasks in the four sectors of the 8th local government, in the 'Happy City for All' sector, respondents indicated the importance of ▲lifting development restriction zones ▲establishing high schools and attracting specialized high schools in Ilgwang and Jeonggwan new towns ▲expanding pet walking paths and rest areas.

In the second sector, 'Convergent Future City,' the importance of ▲early completion of the Radiation Medical and Science Convergence Cluster ▲creation of the Gijang-type Techno Valley was high.

In the third sector, 'Sustainable Communication City,' the demand was high for ▲forming a 'County Administration Advisory Committee' for rational county administration ▲expanding resident-tailored health support services.

In the last sector, 'Well-connected Transportation City,' the importance of ▲full-scale promotion of Gijang-gun railway projects was very high.

Regarding the suitability of the 8th local government policy direction, 12.3% responded 'very suitable,' 81.2% 'generally suitable,' and regarding the specificity of the 8th local government pledges, 11.4% responded 'very specific,' 74.7% 'generally specific,' indicating high expectations and favorable responses to the 8th local government pledges.

The most desired improvement for Gijang-gun in the future was 'attracting and linking subway (urban railway),' followed by 'preparing large public parking facilities,' confirming high resident demand for transportation sector improvements.

Based on the survey results, the county plans to set the direction of the 8th local government administration and strive to incorporate residents' wishes into policies as much as possible.

Jung Jong-bok, Gijang-gun County Mayor, said, "I consider it very meaningful to have conducted the residents' policy demand survey with the start of the 8th local government," adding, "We will take the survey results as a milestone for county administration and focus on implementing policies that residents can feel."

The county plans to finalize the survey results and disclose them to residents on the county website.

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