Busan is good

Mayor Chun Jae-soo Meets with National Assembly Culture, Sports and Tourism Committee Chair Lee Jae-jung and Democratic Party of Korea Policy Committee Chair Kwon Chil-seung

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Busan Metropolitan City, led by Mayor Chun Jae-soo, announced that Mayor Chun visited the National Assembly today, September 2, and met separately with Lee Jae-jung, Chair of the National Assembly Culture, Sports and Tourism Committee, and Kwon Chil-seung, Chair of the Policy Committee of the Democratic Party of Korea, to share Busan’s pressing priorities and discuss cooperation for the city’s future development.

The meetings were arranged ahead of the National Assembly’s regular session and deliberations on next year’s budget to secure momentum for major cultural and tourism infrastructure projects that will drive Busan’s future growth, as well as for initiatives aimed at balanced national development.

Mayor Chun first met with Culture, Sports and Tourism Committee Chair Lee Jae-jung and presented key projects under the committee’s jurisdiction that are essential to Busan’s emergence as a world-class maritime and cultural city.

The proposed projects include the construction of a multipurpose dome arena; the establishment of Art Korea Lab Busan, a creative and entrepreneurial space integrating art and technology; and the intensive development of a supra-regional tourism zone to position the southern region as Korea’s second major inbound tourism hub. These projects will help extend opportunities to enjoy culture and tourism, currently concentrated in the Seoul metropolitan area, to the southeastern region and lay the foundation for balanced development in the cultural and tourism sectors.

Mayor Chun requested the National Assembly Culture, Sports and Tourism Committee’s full attention and support so that Busan’s outstanding marine environment and rich cultural content assets can be developed into a key pillar of Korea’s national cultural competitiveness and Busan can grow into a major cultural and tourism hub that attracts global attention.

Mayor Chun then met with Democratic Party of Korea Policy Committee Chair Kwon Chil-seung and proposed balanced national development initiatives requiring comprehensive cooperation at the party level, as well as key infrastructure priorities for establishing Busan as Korea’s maritime capital.

The major proposals included the second-round relocation of public institutions to non-capital regions to concentrate public institutions in the industrial, maritime, and financial sectors in Busan; the timely opening of Gadeokdo New Airport through legislative and institutional improvements; and the establishment of a safe drinking water supply system to resolve the water issue that has persisted for 30 years.

Mayor Chun requested the Policy Committee’s active support, noting that balanced regional development is essential to Korea’s sustainable future and is also a core policy objective of the party.

Mayor Chun Jae-soo said, “The proposals presented today will serve as a cornerstone for overcoming the limitations of growth centered on the Seoul metropolitan area, securing new engines of growth, and taking Busan’s future and the quality of life of its citizens to the next level.” He added, “We will continue to communicate and cooperate closely with the National Assembly and the national political community to steadily address our key priorities.”