Ulsan Selects Top 10 Core Tasks for New Year... Leap to a New Era of Prosperity and Abundance

Top 10 Core Tasks of Ulsan City Administration in 2023.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Yong-woo] Ulsan City has unveiled the blueprint for key projects to be promoted next year.

On the 30th, Ulsan City announced that it has selected the ‘Top 10 Core Tasks’ representing the 2023 city administration and will focus its administrative capabilities to ensure the success of the 8th term of the elected mayor.

The top 10 core tasks of the city administration were selected through discussions among the heads of each department and bureau at the City Administration Coordination Committee, after comprehensively reviewing the timeliness, representativeness, and citizen perception of the tasks recommended by all departments and bureaus.

Since the launch of the 8th term under Mayor Kim Doo-gyeom, Ulsan’s city administration has undergone a major turning point in a short period of six months.

Significant achievements include the establishment of Hyundai Motor’s electric vehicle plant in Ulsan, attracting the S-Oil Shahin project, being selected as the first legally designated cultural city among metropolitan local governments, and passing the preliminary feasibility study for the Second Myeongchon Bridge.

At the same time, the city has responded comprehensively to long-standing issues such as the lifting of development restrictions and reorganized the administrative operation system focusing on practicality and efficiency.

In the new year, building on these achievements, the city plans to establish its administrative identity and accelerate the promotion of current issues by selecting the top 10 core tasks to realize the ‘Great New Ulsan.’

① Lead a great economic leap through the advancement of core industries and fostering new industries.

Core industries such as automobiles and shipbuilding will enhance competitiveness by becoming eco-friendly and high-tech in response to the carbon-neutral policy. New industries such as bio, 3D printing, secondary batteries, and Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage (CCUS) technology will be intensively nurtured to proactively pioneer future growth engines.

② Strengthen growth engines through strategic investment attraction and carbon-neutral hubs.

To create an environment where companies can invest with confidence, the city will actively support administrative procedures such as permits and licenses and identify and improve regulations to boost private sector vitality and create quality jobs. It will also promote the designation of advanced investment zones and the expansion of free economic zones to attract new industries.

③ Host the Ulsan Industrial Culture Festival for labor-management-government-civil harmony.

From June 1 to 4 next year, various cultural, artistic, and sports events, as well as traditional ceremonies, will be held throughout Ulsan to create a grand harmony venue where companies, workers, and citizens come together.

Through this, the city plans to re-examine the history of industry and link it to future industries, developing the festival into a representative event embodying Ulsan’s identity.

④ Create a youth city full of big dreams and fun to actively respond to youth population outflow.

The city will provide opportunities for youth to find and settle in jobs through youth internships and part-time jobs, the establishment of the Yeongnam Global Skilled Technology Promotion Institute, and the Green Mobility Future Talent Development Project.

While expanding cultural facilities such as a world-class performance hall over the Taehwa River and a K-pop academy, various festivals will be held to offer fun and enjoyment.

In January next year, a Population and Youth Officer will be newly established, and the youth center, which had been operated by consignment, will be directly managed to pursue youth policies more responsibly.

⑤ Strive to reorganize the urban spatial structure with balanced growth.

The city will continue efforts to lift development restrictions, the first pledge of the 8th term, and promote the establishment of the Ulsan Development Restriction Zone Development Basic Plan, which includes development directions and basic concepts.

It will revamp the 2030 Ulsan Urban Management Plan, accelerate spatial development for balanced growth such as establishing a basic plan for the southern new town and relocating the Okdong military base.

⑥ Expand transportation networks that proactively respond to future changes.

With expected changes such as the Seonbawi public housing district and Down2 public land development, the city will do its best to have the Uryang~Down bypass road (National Road No. 24) and Cheongnyang~Down bypass road (National Road No. 14) included in the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport’s ‘6th Five-Year Plan for National and Local Roads,’ the first gateway to their opening.

It will also unite efforts to re-investigate the feasibility of Line 1 and pass the preliminary feasibility study of Line 2 to introduce the nation’s first eco-friendly hydrogen electric tram.

⑦ Create a pleasant environment with bluer skies and clearer water.

To maintain air quality below current standards, the city will expand major emission source reduction measures such as supporting the installation of air pollution prevention facilities in small-scale businesses and promoting eco-friendly vehicles.

Along with efforts to secure water sources through projects such as the Ulsan Clean Water Comprehensive Plan, the city will continue to demand proactive government roles to secure clean water for citizens.

⑧ Realize a safe Ulsan by creating safe industrial complexes.

To safely manage the aging petrochemical complex, the city will establish the ‘Ulsan Petrochemical Complex Smart Integrated Control System’ within the Onsan National Industrial Complex and form a coalition among metropolitan local governments where petrochemical complexes are located to attract government support.

To prevent industrial complex disasters, the city will support the improvement of aging safety facilities in small-scale businesses, provide safety education for workers in hazardous tasks, and implement wildfire prevention projects around national industrial complexes.

⑨ Become a community good for childbirth and child-rearing with comprehensive care support that reduces burdens and increases happiness.

Starting next year, all childbirth families will receive 500,000 KRW per child for postpartum care. Stable childcare services will be provided through parental salary support, operation of part-time childcare providers, and expansion of national and public daycare centers.

For elementary school students, who have relatively less care support compared to infants and toddlers, the city will minimize care blind spots by establishing all-day integrated child care support centers and forming consultative bodies linking local governments, schools, and communities.

⑩ Establish a 24-hour emergency medical system that protects lives and responds quickly to emergencies at any time.

The city will support 24-hour pediatric emergency care and the operation of a regional mental emergency medical center at Ulsan University Hospital to secure golden time through rapid initial response.

It also plans to improve 119 emergency medical services to raise the survival rate of cardiac arrest patients to 10% by 2025. To this end, it will make multifaceted efforts such as operating an exclusive intensive care ambulance, creating special emergency manuals, and expanding CPR education for citizens including public service workers.

An official from Ulsan City said, “In the past six months of relentless efforts, we have laid the groundwork for a leap forward for Ulsan’s next 60 years. Based on this, 2023 will be the year when the 8th term of the elected mayor takes its first real step, and we will create tangible and visible results to empower citizens’ lives through city administration.”

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