Hong Nampyo, Changwon Special City Mayor, Visits National Assembly, Struggles to Secure Next Year's National Budget

Major Projects to Achieve Innovative Growth in Changwon City
Request for Increased National Funding in 2025

Hong Nampyo, Mayor of Changwon Special City in Gyeongnam, put all his efforts into visiting the National Assembly to secure national funding for next year.

On the 11th and 12th, Mayor Hong visited the National Assembly to meet with lawmakers and explain the projects aimed at achieving innovative growth for Changwon's next 50 years, seeking an increase in national funding for 2025.

Changwon Special City Mayor Hong Nampyo met with Choo Kyung-ho, the floor leader of the People Power Party, at the National Assembly.

This visit by Mayor Hong reflects his determination to secure as much project funding as possible during the National Assembly’s budget review process, which has now fully commenced.

He met with Chu Kyung-ho, Floor Leader of the People Power Party, Kim Sang-hoon, Chairman of the Policy Committee of the People Power Party, Seo Beom-su, Secretary General of the People Power Party, Park Jung, Chair of the Budget and Accounts Committee, Koo Ja-geun, Budget and Accounts Committee Secretary, Seo Il-jun, Kim Sung-won, Kim Seung-soo, Kwak Kyu-taek, members of the Budget and Accounts Committee, Ji Dong-ha, Director of the National Assembly Budget Office, and local constituency lawmakers to request securing next year’s government budget for key projects.

The major projects for which increased funding was requested include ▲Establishment of Changwon AI Autonomous Manufacturing Dedicated Support Center with 1 billion KRW (total project cost 150 billion KRW) ▲Support for AI Autonomous Manufacturing Regional Hub Companies with 700 million KRW (total project cost 42 billion KRW) ▲Construction of AI and Big Data-based Innovative Medical Device and Medical Robot Demonstration Center with 5 billion KRW (total project cost 32 billion KRW) ▲Creation of a Drone Manufacturing Localization Specialized Complex with 800 million KRW (total project cost 300 billion KRW) ▲Innovation Academy with 7.3 billion KRW (total project cost 48.1 billion KRW) ▲Purification of Contaminated Sediments in Masanhang Inner Harbor Area with 4.2 billion KRW (total project cost 41.8 billion KRW) ▲(Southern Region Wide-area Tourism Development) Establishment of Hallyu-themed Tourism Garden with 1.9 billion KRW (total project cost 55.7 billion KRW), among others.

Hong Nampyo, Mayor of Changwon Special City, is explaining the national budget to Seo Beom-su, Secretary General of the People Power Party.

In particular, he actively requested Chu Kyung-ho, Floor Leader of the People Power Party, Kim Sang-hoon, Chairman of the Policy Committee, and Lim Woo-geun, Senior Specialist of the Budget and Accounts Committee, to promptly conduct a preliminary feasibility study for the construction of a neutron complex beam irradiation facility to strengthen the global competitiveness of South Korea’s machinery industry, a key local issue.

Mayor Hong Nampyo said, “During this visit to the National Assembly, I explained Changwon’s key projects to many National Assembly officials and gained their understanding of their necessity. November is a precious time where every minute and second counts, and I will devote all my efforts until the end to secure the 2025 budget for major national projects that will lead Changwon’s growth.”

Meanwhile, until the final approval of the government budget bill at the National Assembly on December 2 (the legal deadline), the city will maintain tight vigilance and conduct final national funding securing activities for each project at the department and bureau levels. During the Budget and Accounts Committee’s review period, it will also fully cooperate with local lawmakers to secure national funding.

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