Myeong Hyun-gwan County Governor: "I Will Devote Unchanging Passion Only to the Residents"

"Making Euddeum Haenam Together with Residents" A Strong Restart

Haenam-gun, Jeollanam-do, has declared a vigorous leap forward to complete the top-tier Haenam in the second year of the 8th local government administration.

On the 3rd, when the second year of the 8th local government administration began, County Governor Myeong Hyeon-gwan conveyed his determination through an open communication meeting attended by heads of departments and township offices, stating, “As a result of focusing solely on the residents since the 7th local government administration, the big picture of top-tier Haenam is taking shape as concrete achievements. I thank the public officials and residents who have devoted their passion, and let us renew our mindset and prepare for a greater leap to complete top-tier Haenam.”

(Center) Myeong Hyun-gwan, Haenam County Governor, is performing a morning commute performance to convey his determination by department and division to communicate with the residents through better administrative services. [Photo by Haenam County]

During the 7th and 8th local government administrations, Haenam-gun has maintained top rankings in various evaluation indices, demonstrating a clean and competent county administration by achieving the highest grade (SA) in the Manifesto Pledge Implementation Evaluation for five consecutive years, being the only county in Jeollanam-do to achieve a 2nd-grade integrity rating for five consecutive years, and ranking first nationwide in the 2022 financial execution evaluation.

In particular, since opening the era of 1 trillion won in local finance in 2019 and operating the largest budget among counties nationwide, the execution rate has steadily increased, ranking first nationwide last year.

Haenam-gun’s budget has increased by more than 500 billion won, surpassing 1.3217 trillion won in 2022 from 813.5 billion won in 2017, and the budget execution rate has also risen from 63.4% to 85.8%, revitalizing the local economy.

In the second year of the 8th local government administration, Haenam-gun plans to steadily promote current projects through management administration, while concretizing administrative achievements to return benefits to residents and enhance their sense of impact.

First, the county is actively pursuing large-scale projects that will serve as long-term growth engines for the region, such as the establishment of the National Agricultural and Food Climate Change Response Center, development of the Solar City enterprise city, and creation of the offshore wind power hinterland in the Hwawon Industrial Complex.

Additionally, sustainable agricultural and fishery development will be promoted through building a low-carbon, eco-friendly agricultural and fishery production base in response to climate change, constructing the nation’s first dormitory for farmers, and establishing a specialized fishery equipment complex. Key cultural tourism projects will also be prioritized, including the establishment of seasonal festivals, opening of the Children’s Dinosaur Science Experience Center, creation of Ttangkkeut Dream Land, remodeling of the Usuyeong Youth Hostel, development of Duryunsan Ecological Healing Park, tourism resource development of Mokpo-gu Lighthouse, and construction of a complex museum park.

In the first half of this year, the Ttangkkeut Family Harmony Center was opened, and with the establishment of the Haenam Education Foundation, concrete population decline response strategy projects are underway, including the construction of youth public rental housing, establishment of an advanced model for saving small schools, creation of a 50 billion won scholarship fund, and operation of the education foundation to build an educational city, all serving as foundational projects to make Haenam a better place to live.

In particular, the county plans to establish the “Haenam-style ESG Ethical Management,” which is the operational policy of the 8th local government administration, throughout the county administration, and to concretize a blueprint for sustainable county development with goals of Clean Haenam (E), a Safe Society Together (S), and Building Trustworthy Administration (G).

Governor Myeong Hyeon-gwan stated, “The 8th local government administration of Haenam-gun will be an important period that sets the standard for the Republic of Korea as the true starting point of the Korean Peninsula. We will continue the achievements so far, steadily promote major projects, and do our best to discover regional growth engines.”

Meanwhile, ahead of the start of the second year of the 8th local government administration, Governor Myeong, Deputy Governor Kim Cha-jin, and public officials participated in a morning performance in the lobby of the government office building to mark the beginning of the second year, expressing their determination by department and division to communicate with residents through better administrative services.

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