Gangjin-gun Strives to Secure Next Year's National Budget to Resolve Local Issues

National Assembly Members, Military, and Provincial-County Councils Actively Cooperate

County Governor Kang Jin-won: "Overcoming Crisis Through Selection in Public Contest Projects"

Gangjin-gun, Jeollanam-do is making every effort with a lifelong determination to secure national funding for next year to resolve local issues.

According to the county on the 17th, on the 16th, Gangjin-gun held a budget policy council to secure national funding and discuss local issues, attended by about 20 people including Kim Seung-nam, a member of the National Assembly from the Democratic Party of Korea, Gang Jin-won, the county governor, Kim Bo-mi, the chairman of the county council, county council members, and provincial council members.

This meeting was held to request active support from the National Assembly as Gangjin-gun faces an emergency in securing the budget for key projects in the 8th local government term next year, due to expected cuts in local allocation tax following the government's historic largest tax revenue shortfall of 59.1 trillion won.

On the 16th, a meeting was held at Gangjin County Office to discuss local issues and measures to secure national budget.
[Photo by Gangjin County]

At this meeting, Gangjin-gun presented a total of 17 proposals including △ Establishment of exploration infrastructure for Wolchulsan National Park △ Construction of a prototype base for future car parts for low-carbon green transition △ Expansion and development plan for Gangjin Maryang National Fishing Port △ Gangjin Bay marine leisure tourism hub project.

They also explained the necessity and justification for projects that had been consistently proposed to central government departments but not reflected, and requested the local National Assembly member and provincial and county council members to build consensus and strive to secure government budgets for regional development.

National Assembly member Kim Seung-nam said, “Although the economy will be difficult next year due to decreased tax revenue, I will take an active interest in resolving local issues and securing national and provincial budgets to overcome this difficulty and continue to support these efforts.”

County governor Gang Jin-won stated, “Securing national and provincial funding is very important to promote key projects of the 8th local government term next year, such as fostering the primary industry, attracting tourists, and population inflow policies. To overcome the current crisis caused by the unprecedented tax revenue shortage, we will actively visit central government departments, the National Assembly, and Jeollanam-do Provincial Office, and secure government budgets through selection in various public contests.”

Meanwhile, Gangjin-gun recently secured 11.2 billion won after being selected as grade A in the Local Extinction Response Fund, and also secured 1.26 billion won in national and provincial funding by having two projects selected in the traditional market-related public contests held by Jeollanam-do and the Ministry of SMEs and Startups, including modernization of traditional market facilities. This has secured momentum for realizing the regional revitalization project in collaboration with The Born Korea Co., Ltd., and the county is making every effort to revitalize the local economy through selection in public contests.