Ulsan Mayor Kim Doo-gyeom Goes All In on Securing National Funds for Next Year... "Local Allocation Tax Must Exceed 1 Trillion Won for Ulsan"

Deputy Minister of Strategy and Finance Meets with Director of Fiscal Economy at Ministry of the Interior

Requests Inclusion of National Budget Projects and Increase in Ordinary Local Allocation Tax

Ulsan City has gone 'all in' to secure next year's ordinary local allocation tax and national funding for key city projects.

On the morning of the 2nd, Ulsan Mayor Kim Doo-gyeom visited the Ministry of the Interior and Safety at the Government Complex Sejong to meet with the Director-General of Local Finance Policy, and in the afternoon headed to the Government Complex Seoul. He plans to meet with the 2nd Vice Minister of the Ministry of Economy and Finance to request the inclusion of next year's national funding projects in the budget.

This visit to central government ministries comes as the Ministry of Economy and Finance's budget review nears its final stages, reflecting Mayor Kim Doo-gyeom's determination to directly oversee and actively request budget inclusion for Ulsan's key core projects.

Following several visits to central ministries by Deputy Mayor for Economy Ahn Hyo-dae in June and Deputy Mayor for Administration Seo Jeong-wook in July, this decisive action by Ulsan's top official signals the city's critical effort to secure national funding for major regional projects.

On this day, Mayor Kim met with the Director-General of Local Finance and Economy at the Ministry of the Interior and Safety to highlight that Ulsan's local allocation tax is relatively low compared to Daejeon or Gwangju, despite its scale of national tax payments and contribution to national economic development. He plans to request that the ordinary local allocation tax be increased by more than 1 trillion won to support economic revitalization.

During the meeting with the 2nd Vice Minister of the Ministry of Economy and Finance, he explained next year's key priority projects and actively requested their budget inclusion.

Ulsan City's national funding applications for major new projects include: ▲ Establishment of a chemical recycling (depolymerization) testbed in Ulsan ▲ Construction of an underground pipeline field safety management system in the Ulsan National Industrial Complex ▲ Establishment of a hydrogen construction and industrial machinery evaluation platform ▲ Creation of a youth startup hub space and relocation of the Creative Economy Innovation Center ▲ Removal of flammable substances in mountain-adjacent areas around the petrochemical complex ▲ Construction of urban garden infrastructure ▲ Commercialization of multi-omics-based personalized diagnosis and treatment technology for intractable cancers ▲ Onsan Port marine pollution sediment purification project, totaling eight projects.

Key ongoing projects include: ▲ Construction of the Yeongnam Region Global Skilled Technology Promotion Institute ▲ Establishment of the 3D Printing Convergence Technology Center, two projects in total.

Mayor Kim Doo-gyeom emphasized, “With next year's tax revenue outlook unfavorable and the government maintaining a strong sound fiscal policy, it is difficult to include new projects in next year's government budget. However, I am determined to actively persuade central ministries and show leadership by personally taking action to ensure that key core projects are reflected as much as possible in the government budget.”

Once the government's draft national budget for next year is submitted to the National Assembly on September 2, it will go through reviews by relevant standing committees and the Budget and Accounts Committee, and is expected to be finalized upon passage in the plenary session on December 2.

Ulsan City Hall.

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