Changwon Special Mayor Hong Nampyo Joins 'Relay Campaign Urging Passage of Space Aviation Agency Special Act'

"We will unite efforts to enact the Special Act on the Space and Aviation Agency within the year for the establishment of the Space and Aviation Agency"

Hong Nampyo, Mayor of Changwon Special City in Gyeongnam, participated on the 13th in the relay campaign of the Gyeongnam Mayors and County Governors Council urging the passage of the "Special Act on the Establishment and Operation of the Space Aviation Agency" (hereinafter referred to as the Space Aviation Agency Special Act).

Hong Nampyo, Mayor of Changwon Special City in Gyeongnam, participated in the relay campaign urging the passage of the Special Act for the Space Aviation Agency.

All 18 mayors and county governors in the Gyeongnam region are participating in this relay campaign, which started in Miryang City on the 10th and will continue until the National Assembly plenary session scheduled for the 23rd.

The Space Aviation Agency Special Act includes provisions for establishing the Space Aviation Agency as a central administrative agency overseeing policies, research and development, and industrial promotion in the space aviation sector, as well as principles, functions, and special measures for operating it as a professional and flexible organization.

In March of this year, the government submitted the bill for the Space Aviation Agency Special Act to the National Assembly, expressing its ambition to "establish the Space Aviation Agency within the year to open the space era of the Republic of Korea and to settle it as a central institution to realize the space economy roadmap, enabling the country to leap to become one of the top seven global space powers by 2045." However, the special act has faced difficulties in reaching consensus, with the agenda adjustment committee being formed in the National Assembly as of July.

Mayor Hong stated, "If the Space Aviation Agency is established in Gyeongnam, where the aerospace industry is concentrated, it will achieve remarkable growth in Korea's space aviation sector based on locational advantages," adding, "We will join forces to enact the Space Aviation Agency Special Act within this year to establish the Space Aviation Agency, which will be a key pillar in realizing a local era where anywhere in the Republic of Korea is a good place to live, along with the re-advancement of Gyeongsangnam-do."

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