Announcement of Last Year's Achievements and This Year's City Administration Plans at New Year Press Conference
On the 7th, Oh Seonghwan, mayor of Dangjin City, Chungnam, held a New Year's press conference at the City Hall Haenaru Hall, sharing the major administrative achievements of the past year and announcing the administrative operation direction for 2025. The photo shows Mayor Oh during the press conference. /Dangjin=Photo by Choi Byungmin
On the 7th, Oh Seonghwan, Mayor of Dangjin, Chungnam, held a New Year's press conference at Haenaru Hall in the city hall, where he shared last year's major municipal achievements and announced the direction for city administration in 2025.
On this day, Mayor Oh highlighted the following as major achievements: dramatic improvement in civil service, revitalization of the local economy through job creation, laying the foundation for attracting businesses, fostering the drone industry, establishing an ecosystem for the production, distribution, and utilization of clean hydrogen, strengthening the competitiveness of Dangjin agricultural products in distribution, expanding the seasonal worker system, and the first-ever regular drone light show in the central region.
He also cited the following as achievements over the past year: development of the Dobido-Nanjido Marine Tourism Complex, expansion of the largest park golf course in Chungnam, winning the Grand Prize in the Korea Lifelong Learning Awards (1st among local governments, first in Chungnam), selection and implementation of Ministry of Education public projects, expansion of medical infrastructure, selection as a leading city for carbon neutrality (ranked 1st nationwide), and the first-ever attraction of a national institution to Dangjin.
Mayor Oh then took time to communicate in detail about the direction of city administration for this year.
First, in the area of citizen-centered communication administration, he emphasized 'communication with citizens' as the direction for this year's city administration.
In particular, he expressed his commitment to providing services that enable prompt handling of various complex civil complaints and make policy and project information easy to understand. Through this, the city aims to implement administration that actively reflects citizens' opinions.
In the economic sector, the city will support the establishment of a Korea-China drone joint venture in the Seokmun Industrial Complex's foreign investment zone and attract factories, reflect the fourth revision of the port master plan to develop Dangjin Port into a comprehensive trade port, and accelerate the realization of an eco-friendly city by establishing hydrogen-based urban infrastructure and a transportation complex base.
At the New Year's press conference held on the 7th at Hanaru Hall of Dangjin City Hall, Chungnam, Mayor Oh Seonghwan is explaining the direction of city administration for this year. Photo by Dangjin City
In the agricultural sector, the city plans to build a smart horticultural complex and new smart farm greenhouses, foster young start-up farmers, and expand the seasonal worker system to solve rural labor issues. The city will also promote income diversification for farming households and rural sustainability by starting construction of a local food direct sales market and expanding rice soybean cultivation.
In the culture and sports sector, the city aims to establish a representative symbol of the West Coast through the successful drone show held last year and the Dobido-Nanjido Marine Tourism Complex project, and to enhance the international status of Catholic heritage and traditional culture by preparing for the 2027 Catholic World Youth Day and the 10th anniversary of UNESCO's Gijisi Juldarigi (rope pulling).
Additionally, the city plans to expand public sports facilities worth 100 billion won to create a city where culture and sports are naturally embedded in citizens' daily lives.
In the education and welfare sector, the city will strengthen the educational welfare foundation for youth by building an autonomous private high school and a youth training center, and opening additional youth cafes, while also expanding support for blood tests to assess dementia risk, thus supplementing the region's public healthcare system.
In the urban environment sector, following its selection as the nation's leading city for carbon neutrality, the city will establish annual business plans through 2030, expand ecological parks, and create lake parks within the city, aiming to become an ecological city where people and nature coexist.
Furthermore, the city will strengthen its transportation infrastructure by constructing a bypass road to replace National Road 32 and establishing Chungnam's first comprehensive road management control center, accelerating the transformation into a city where people want to live.
Oh Seonghwan, Mayor of Dangjin, said, "This year, our city will become the fastest-developing city in the country, opening an era of prosperity and happiness," and added, "I ask all citizens for their deep interest and support for Dangjin and its administration in the 8th popularly elected term."
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