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Busan Metropolitan City to Hold 2026 Municipal Administration Briefing Sessions: A Launchpad Year Toward Becoming a Global Maritime Hub City!

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Busan Metropolitan City (Mayor Park Heong-joon) announced that it will hold the “2026 Municipal Administration Briefing Sessions” over two days—today (Dec. 29) and tomorrow (Dec. 30)—from 10:00 a.m. at Busan Information Industry Promotion Agency and the Hadan Multi-purpose Center, chaired by Mayor Park.

The sessions will be attended by Mayor Park, heads of the City’s offices, bureaus, and headquarters, as well as leaders of affiliated organizations. The City plans to reaffirm a shared understanding of the Municipal Administration philosophy of the 8th popularly elected local government and to renew its determination to drive change and innovation in Busan in the coming year.

These briefing sessions were organized to share next year’s direction for municipal administration and to intensively review and discuss key initiatives and pending projects by sector. In particular, the City expects to further specify its strategy to reorganize growth hubs and industries with a focus on the ocean and to build a stronger foundation for future new industries, thereby taking a decisive leap toward becoming a “Global Maritime Hub City.”

Today (Dec. 29), briefings will cover the areas of (1) Future New Industries and Innovative Growth and (2) Urban Safety and Citizen Happiness. Tomorrow (Dec. 30), briefings will focus on (1) Future Innovation Hubs and (2) Eco-friendly Initiatives and Urban Vitality.

Today’s session will begin at 10:00 a.m. at Busan Information Industry Promotion Agency and will center on future new industries and innovative growth, as well as urban safety and citizen happiness. Participants will discuss next year’s plans to revitalize everyday economic activity in Busan, foster an innovation ecosystem, and realize a safe and healthy city where citizens can thrive. Prior to the briefing, at 9:30 a.m., a “CES Innovation Award-Winning Companies Exhibition and Demonstration” will be held in the first-floor lobby. Together with key City officials, the event will explore the role of Busan Metropolitan City in building an innovation ecosystem for future new industries in Busan.

Tomorrow’s session will begin at 10:00 a.m. at the Hadan Multi-purpose Center and will focus on future innovation hubs and eco-friendly initiatives and urban vitality. The discussion will address urban-space innovation to build a global hub city and measures to energize the city—moving beyond an era of three million foreign tourists toward opening an era of five million. Prior to the briefing, participants will tour key facilities at the Hadan Multi-purpose Center—an anchor facility for the 15-minute city initiative in Saha-gu—and engage in dialogue with relevant stakeholders, while also developing plans to expand the 15-minute city happiness community.

Mayor Park Heong-joon is expected to say, “The municipal administration of the 8th popularly elected local government has demonstrated global competitiveness as a new innovative growth hub for the Republic of Korea and has laid the cornerstone for future development. The paradigm shift in municipal administration—investing in citizens’ quality of life beyond welfare—has proven the potential of Busan as a city people would choose to live in again, even if they were born again.” He is also expected to add, “I ask that we bring together all of our capabilities so that 2026 will be a year in which Busan firmly establishes itself as an irreversible core growth hub for the southern region and soars as a global top-five maritime hub city.”