Chairman Kim Hyun-ki Attends Roundtable Discussion Commemorating 1st Anniversary of Yoon Seok-yeol Administration

Kim Hyun-ki, Chairman of the Council of Chairpersons of Provincial Councils of the Republic of Korea, Attends Roundtable Discussion Commemorating the 1st Anniversary of the Yoon Suk-yeol Government

Discussion Remarks by Chairman Kim Hyun-ki

Kim Hyun-ki, Chairman of the Council of Chairpersons of Provincial Councils of the Republic of Korea (Chairman of the Seoul Metropolitan Council), attended the "Roundtable Meeting on the Achievements and Challenges of Regional Balanced Development in the Era of Local Government," jointly hosted and organized by the National Assembly Regional Balanced Development Forum and the National Balanced Development Committee on the 24th, commemorating the 1st anniversary of the Yoon Suk-yeol government.

The meeting was attended by about 30 people, including Park Sung-min (People Power Party) and Song Jae-ho (Democratic Party of Korea), co-representatives of the forum and members of the National Assembly, Kim Young-bae, Chairman Woo Dong-gi of the National Balanced Development Committee, Chairman Lee Jung-hyun of the Strategic Planning Committee, Lee Won-jae, Vice Minister of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, Nam Sung-hyun, Administrator of the Korea Forest Service, and Han Doo-bong, President of the Korea Rural Economic Institute.

The discussion was conducted in two sessions: Session 1 on "Regional Jobs Based on Innovative Growth" and Session 2 on "The Era of Genuine Local-led Balanced Development."

Chairman Kim Hyun-ki participated as a discussant in the second session.

Chairman Kim said, "Words shape perception, and under the Yoon Suk-yeol government, even the use of the term 'local government' reveals a strong commitment to decentralization and regional balanced development," adding, "The Council of Chairpersons of Provincial Councils will also work hard to realize a successful era of local government."

He also expressed strong empathy with the crisis of local extinction, stating, "To address this, the council established the 'Special Committee on Responding to Regional Extinction' on May 18 and has begun full-scale activities. We plan to identify agendas suitable for the circumstances of the 17 provinces and cities and actively propose them to the central government."

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