[Naju=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Yukbong] Naju City, Jeollanam-do is making every effort to secure national funding for next year.
The city announced on the 13th that it held the ‘2024 National Treasury Support Project Proposal Discovery Report Meeting’ chaired by Mayor Yoon Byung-tae, attended by the vice mayor, heads of departments and offices, and all department heads.
Naju City held the "2024 National Treasury Support Project Proposal Discovery Meeting" on the 13th in the main conference room. [Photo by Naju City]
At the meeting, they reviewed the response strategies and progress for securing national funds for a total of 66 proposed projects worth 813.9 billion KRW, including new, public contest, balanced national development, and continuing projects linked to the 8th-term administration’s pledges and major pending issues.
Major proposed projects for next year include the ‘Construction of the National Energy Specialized Science Museum’ (45 billion KRW), ‘Establishment of an Educational Big Data Platform’ (7.1 billion KRW), ‘Attraction of the National Mahan History and Culture Center’ (40 billion KRW), ‘Naju Hwanam Industrial Cultural Regeneration’ (42 billion KRW), ‘Recreation of the Geumseongsan Wild Green Tea Forest Space’ (10 billion KRW), ‘Drainage Improvement in Naju Yeongsan District’ (12.4 billion KRW), ‘Permanent Improvement of Water Intake Facilities for Najucheon Stream Maintenance’ (2.3 billion KRW), and operation of the Addiction Management Integrated Support Center (1 billion KRW).
Projects in the new energy industry sector, including the ‘Establishment of an Ultra-High-Power Laser Research Facility,’ as well as continuing projects such as ‘Development of the Jeonnam Naju Small Giant R&D Special Zone,’ ‘Activation of the Energy Industry Convergence Complex,’ ‘Establishment of a Certification Support Center for Core Low-Voltage DC Equipment,’ ‘Development of Intelligent Core Low-Voltage DC Technology,’ and ‘Establishment of a Digital Transformation Foundation for Power Equipment’ will also be steadily promoted.
The city plans to intensify efforts to secure national funding from central government ministries and Jeollanam-do by discovering additional national treasury support projects, systematically managing them, and establishing tailored response strategies by the end of April, the budget application period for central government ministries.
Mayor Yoon Byung-tae said, “Along with national treasury proposal projects, please actively promote separate management of balanced national development conversion projects, review plans to attract private investment, and additionally reflect proposed projects related to regional pending issues such as the Yeongsangang Integrated River Project, creation of a national ecological garden in retention basins, food tech, and power semiconductors.”
He added, “It is necessary to continuously discover national treasury support projects linked to our regional pending issues through meticulous review and logical supplementation of key tasks in government ministries’ work reports and detailed projects in the budget.”
Furthermore, he emphasized, “Please strive to discover additional projects through close communication with local national and provincial institutions and the 16 relocated institutions in the Innovation City, and strengthen partnerships for regional development. Even if the city does not directly implement the projects, those linked to our region must be actively managed.”
Naju=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Yukbong baekok@asiae.co.kr
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