Joo Nak-young, Mayor of Gyeongju, Urges "Full Effort to Attract APEC"... Three-Way Competition Among Incheon, Jeju, and Gyeongju

Gyeongju City Submits Application for Hosting

Document and On-site Evaluation, Decision in June

Joo Nak-young, Mayor of Gyeongju, presided over the expanded executive meeting in April at Gyeongju City Hall on the 22nd, receiving reports on current issues and key tasks from department heads, and urged them to accelerate efforts to create a city where citizens are happy.

At the meeting, Mayor Joo said, “To attract the 2025 APEC to Gyeongju, which is the greatest wish of Gyeongbuk Province and Gyeongju citizens, we submitted the APEC hosting application to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on the 19th under the vision and concept of ‘Only 1 For APEC.’ I ask all staff to devote their full efforts to the hosting until the city is decided in June.”

Gyeongju Mayor Joo Nak-young is instructing at the executive meeting to "make every effort to attract the APEC Summit."

Among the candidate cities, with Busan excluded, Gyeongju, a local small and medium-sized city compared to metropolitan areas like Incheon and Jeju, was instructed to make the most of its various strengths as a prepared international conference city, such as being the most Korean city, optimal security and safety, ease of sharing Korea’s economic development experience, and know-how in successfully hosting international events. The city was also directed to provide hope to city and provincial residents through differentiated policies such as the written review in April, on-site inspection in May, and hosting PPT presentations.

Mayor Joo further instructed, “As we enter the period for securing next year’s national budget, despite the challenging political reality of a ruling minority and opposition majority, please set a roadmap to regularly check progress through sufficient explanations and persuasion of the relevant ministries, so that the project can be successfully promoted, sharing visible results not only for regional development but also for citizens, and do your best to secure the budget.”

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