Changwon Special City Announces Top 10 News of the Year... Citizens' Greatest Interest is 'Transportation Innovation'

SRT Operation 'Transportation Innovation', 'Establishment of Changwon Medical School'
Support in order of 'Selection of Changwon National Industrial Complex 2.0 Candidate Site'

Citizens of Changwon Special City in Gyeongnam showed great interest this year in the ‘transportation innovation’ closely related to daily life among Changwon’s administrative achievements. They also expressed support for Changwon’s ‘medical school attraction activities’ and the ‘selection of the Changwon National Industrial Complex 2.0 candidate site.’

Changwon Special City Hall, Gyeongnam.
Photo by Lee Seryeong

Changwon Special City announced the results of the ‘Top 10 Changwon Administrative News of 2023’ chosen by citizens on the 18th. The top 10 news items were finally selected in order of votes through an internal survey of Changwon City (December 1?7, with 476 participants including public officials and city council members) and an online citizen vote (December 8?14, with 3,523 participants). Among 30 major administrative achievements this year, each person selected 10 items.

As a result, the number one news item of Changwon administration this year was ▲ the ‘Changwon-Gangnam direct style’ SRT (high-speed rail) between Changwon and Suseo starting operation in September, a news of transportation innovation. This year, Changwon City completely reorganized and implemented the city bus routes for the first time in 18 years and began the ‘free city bus use policy for seniors’ by providing transportation welfare cards to citizens aged 75 and older.

The second place went to ▲ the news that the number of signatures for attracting a medical school surpassed 600,000. Following the launch of the pan-citizen promotion committee in March, a signature campaign continued across various sectors, resulting in the ‘1 million citizens, 1 million signatures campaign’ exceeding 600,000 signatures in November.

The third place was ▲ the selection of the 1.03 million pyeong-scale ‘Changwon National Industrial Complex 2.0’ as a new national industrial complex candidate site. In particular, Changwon National Industrial Complex 2.0 received overwhelming support in the internal survey involving city council members.

Following these were ▲ the registration of the large-scale store opening of Starfield Changwon ▲ confirmation of the global status of K-defense production in Changwon and the resurgence of defense and nuclear power industries ▲ acquisition of ‘ISO 22000’ international certification for four water purification plants in Changwon, ensuring safety and crisis response ▲ revision of the district unit plan for Changwon’s hinterland city ▲ laying the groundwork for normalizing the long-stalled Gusan Marine Tourism Complex development project ▲ the Asian Shooting Championships held in Changwon for the first time in 52 years ▲ and Changwon City’s directly managed local food direct sales market achieving 1.2 billion KRW in farm income contribution, in that order.

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