Hong Nampyo, Changwon Special City Mayor, Emphasizes Transfer of Planning Authority in Fiscal Special Privileges, Industry, and Economic Sectors

Attendance at the Korea Special City Mayors' Council
"Support Needed for Planning, Budget, and Personnel"

"A different strategy from before is needed to secure special authority. Unnecessary powers should be boldly excluded, and the four cities must unite their capabilities to receive the planning authority that special cities truly need through selection and concentration."

Hong Nampyo, Mayor of Changwon Special City in Gyeongnam, said this on the 21st while attending the 2nd regular meeting of the Korea Special City Mayors' Council 2023 held at Suwon Convention Center.

Hong Nampyo, Mayor of Changwon Special City, is speaking at the Council of Special City Mayors of the Republic of Korea.

At the meeting, Mayor Hong, along with Lee Sang-il, Mayor of Yongin Special City, Lee Dong-hwan, Mayor of Goyang Special City, and Lee Jae-jun, Mayor of Suwon Special City, attended and focused discussions on agenda items including ▲win-win cooperation with population decline areas ▲strengthening support for special cities and promoting the 3rd local government transfer ▲case studies for strengthening special city authority ▲and the enactment of a special law for special cities.

Mayor Hong stated that in the industrial sector, it is necessary to have the authority to directly plan and propose to central government ministries, as well as support such as directly allocating budgets from the Local Allocation Tax Account to special cities. He also emphasized support for personnel and organization so that special cities can smoothly perform their duties.

At the meeting, since the Ministry of the Interior and Safety designated 89 local governments nationwide as population decline areas and formed a council of mayors, county governors, and district heads of these areas, it was decided to sign a win-win cooperation MOU with the Special City Mayors' Council and promote cooperative and exchange projects to respond to local extinction and promote regional balanced development.

This content was produced with the assistance of AI translation services.