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Mayor Park Heong-joon to Launch KRW 5 Billion “Regionally Specialized Job Creation Project,” Creating Over 820 New Jobs

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Busan Metropolitan City (Mayor Park Heong-joon) announced that it will fully implement the “2026 Regionally Specialized Job Creation Project” in order to enhance the competitiveness of local industries and expand quality employment opportunities.

The project aims to invest a total of KRW 5 billion in national and municipal funding to establish a job creation model in which corporate growth and employment expansion form a virtuous cycle, focusing on Busan’s key industries such as tourism and MICE and manufacturing.

Through a total of 10 detailed initiatives, the city plans to create approximately 820 new jobs.

The initiative is particularly meaningful because some program types from the previously central government-led “Regional Industry-Customized Job Support Program” have been transferred to local governments, enabling municipalities to directly plan and implement projects reflecting regional industrial characteristics and on-site demand.

In the tourism and MICE sector, industrial competitiveness will be strengthened by expanding the inflow of young workers and improving corporate working environments.

Through the “Busan Tourism and MICE Youth Inflow and Settlement Support Program,” young people employed at tourism and MICE companies will receive a settlement incentive of KRW 3 million per person along with a mentoring program.

In addition, the “Busan Tourism and MICE 3UP Project” and the “Busan Tourism and MICE Grow-Up Support Program” will simultaneously promote improvements in job quality and corporate competitiveness.

Under the 3UP Project, KRW 4.5 million per employee (up to KRW 9 million per company) will be provided to enhance employee welfare, improve working conditions, and strengthen professional capabilities.

The Grow-Up Support Program will provide customized consulting and support for the development of new content, along with financial support of KRW 8 million per newly hired employee (up to KRW 24 million per company).

In the manufacturing sector, future growth foundations will be strengthened by supporting employment stability for skilled workers and facilitating industrial transition.

The “Employment Stability Support Program for Skilled Workers in the Machinery, Parts, and Steel Industries” will provide corporate incentives of KRW 7.5 million and worker incentives of KRW 1 million to support job stability and career transitions for skilled technicians.

In addition, the city will pursue qualitative growth in employment by improving working environments at manufacturing sites.

The “Good Workplace Creation and Employment Stability Support Program for Root and Steel Industries” will provide KRW 10 million per new hire (up to KRW 20 million per company).

The “Shipbuilding Equipment Industry Employment-Friendly Workplace Environment Innovation Project” will provide facility improvement support, including up to KRW 10 million per new hire (up to KRW 30 million per company), to help create safer working environments.

In addition, through the “Manufacturing Promising Companies Market Expansion Scale-Up Support Program,” the “Manufacturing Industry Transition Innovation Growth Support Program,” and the “Shipbuilding Equipment Industry Employment and Technology Innovation Support Program,” the city will support market expansion, process advancement, and technology development, providing financial support of KRW 10 million per new hire linked to new recruitment.

The city will also implement customized employment service support projects to respond to workforce demand at industrial sites.

Through specialized job training and customized workforce matching tailored to key sectors such as tourism and MICE and machinery and parts manufacturing, the city plans to actively address mismatches between local companies and job seekers.

Participants and participating companies will be recruited starting today (the 17th) through the websites of the implementing organizations. Detailed schedules and project information can be obtained through the main contact numbers of each implementing organization.

Mayor Park Heong-joon stated, “Strengthening regional industrial competitiveness and creating quality jobs are key tasks for the sustainable growth of Busan,” adding, “We will actively support the establishment of an industrial ecosystem centered on Busan’s key industries, including tourism and MICE and manufacturing, where corporate growth and employment expansion create a virtuous cycle, enabling local talent to settle stably in the city.”