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Busan Holds National Assembly Relay Seminar on “Global Marine Hub City Busan”

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Busan Metropolitan City (Mayor Park Heong-joon) announced that at 2:30 p.m. today (19th), it held the first “Global Marine Hub City Busan National Assembly Relay Seminar” in Seminar Room 1 of the National Assembly Members’ Office Building, during which the City and the People Power Party Busan Chapter jointly presented policy proposals to the central government.

This seminar was hosted by all People Power Party lawmakers representing the Busan region and co-organized by the People Power Party Busan Chapter and Busan Metropolitan City. Under the overarching theme of “Global Marine Hub City Busan: From Korea to the World,” the event was held to link regional development strategies to national development strategies and to build nationwide consensus.

More than 80 participants, including People Power Party Floor Leader Song Eon-seok, Busan Chapter Chair Jeong Dong-man, Members of the National Assembly, Mayor Park Heong-joon, and private-sector experts, attended the event to share the vision, strategies, and implementation plans for building “Global Marine Hub City Busan” and to discuss cooperation among the private sector, public sector, and political community.

Busan Metropolitan City presented its implementation plan, which further specifies the vision and strategies for developing “Global Marine Hub City Busan.”

In August, the City announced its vision and strategies for building “Global Marine Hub City Busan,” proposing three major strategies and 12 key initiatives aimed at elevating Busan into one of the world’s top five marine cities and creating a new strategic hub for the marine capital. The City also established the “Global Marine Capital Busan Promotion Committee,” a Busan-style collaborative governance body composed of representatives from the public, private, industry, academic, and research sectors, as the governance framework for realizing the vision.

Through the implementation plan presented today, the City introduced 44 detailed projects that further elaborate the vision and strategies, along with plans to build a control tower centered on public–private cooperative governance and establish an organic cooperation system among the City, the central government, and the National Assembly to ensure smooth project execution.

Following the seminar, the event moved to the National Assembly Communication Center, where People Power Party Busan Chapter Chair Jeong Dong-man and Mayor Park Heong-joon, joined by regional lawmakers, jointly announced the central-government policy proposals for developing “Global Marine Hub City Busan.”

The proposals include nine essential tasks that must be urgently implemented for the development of “Global Marine Hub City Busan”: ▲ Timely opening of Gadeokdo New Airport ▲ Swift passage of the Special Act on Global Hub City ▲ Strengthening the functions of the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries and relocating marine public institutions ▲ Attracting headquarters of major shipping and logistics conglomerates to Busan ▲ Relocating the Korea Development Bank to Busan ▲ Establishing infrastructure for leading the Arctic shipping route ▲ Opening a maritime specialized court in Busan ▲ Attracting the UN Ocean Conference to Busan ▲ Establishing an international maritime exchange in Busan.

The People Power Party Busan Chapter and Busan Metropolitan City agreed to jointly respond to ensure these key policy proposals are reflected in national policies and secured in the budget without delay.

Starting with today’s seminar, the People Power Party Busan Chapter and Busan Metropolitan City will continue to hold the second and third sessions of the relay seminar at the National Assembly in December. The City expects the relay seminar to serve as a key step in formalizing Busan’s future strategies as national policies.

With Members of the National Assembly and experts participating, the second session will address “Establishing Innovation Hubs and Connectivity,” while the third session will focus on “Industrial and Talent Innovation.” Each session will identify new field-specific projects and intensively discuss strategies for linking them with national initiatives.

People Power Party Busan Chapter Chair Jeong Dong-man stated, “Global Marine Hub City Busan is a critical vision for balanced regional development and for innovating Korea’s growth paradigm,” adding, “The People Power Party and its Busan Chapter will continue listening closely to Busan’s needs and clearly communicating them to the government.”

Mayor Park Heong-joon said, “Since its opening in 1876, Busan has served as the starting point of Korea’s modernization and industrialization and as a gateway connecting Korea to the world. Today, Busan is a global maritime logistics city, home to the world’s second-largest transshipment port and boasting the world’s seventh-largest container throughput, as well as an innovation hub city leading the marine new industries.”

He continued, “Busan has completed all preparations based on its strong potential. With added support from the National Assembly, the government, and the private sector, we can accelerate the development of Global Marine Hub City Busan and the realization of a K-Marine Power. As this strategy will shape the future of both Busan and the nation, we request strong, full-scale support from the National Assembly and the government.”