Gwangju City Holds First Major Project Report Meeting for Ninth Civilian-Elected Term...Intensive Implementation of Campaign Promises Begins

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Eom In-yong] Gwangju City held its first major project report meeting of the ninth civilian-elected term on the 10th at the City Hall Vision Hall, launching earnest city administration aimed at connecting campaign promises made to citizens into concrete implementation plans.

The report meeting, presided over by Mayor Park Gwan-yeol and attended by department heads and bureau chiefs, was held to review implementation plans for key campaign projects and major pending projects of the ninth term and to discuss anticipated issues and solutions.

At the report meeting, creating results that citizens can perceive in their daily lives was set as the top priority, while comprehensively reviewing project necessity and feasibility, implementation timeline, inter-departmental cooperation systems, and administrative efficiency, sharing an execution-focused city administration direction.

The city plans to strengthen direct communication with citizens and create a citizen-friendly smart city where learning and care become part of daily life through direct mayor hotline operations, launch of the Gwangju-style basic social welfare committee, establishment of a next-generation smart Aigood Growth Center, creation of youth cultural spaces across all districts, and construction of the Gwangju-style integrated care system.

Additionally, the city plans to vigorously pursue major projects including expansion of local currency benefits and revitalization of alleyway economy and small business ecosystem, opening of direct bypass roads at Tae-jeon and Go-san, establishment of citizen-friendly logistics access roads, construction of the Gwangju East-West Cross-Town Railway (Pangyo-Opo-Gwangju-Gonjiam), creation of 30,000 homes in an artificial intelligence smart city, establishment of public industrial complexes, and construction of the Gwangju Physical Artificial Intelligence Innovation Cooperation Complex and artificial intelligence future city.

Through these efforts, the city aims to secure future growth momentum based on artificial intelligence and cutting-edge industries and establish the foundation for a self-sufficient artificial intelligence smart city centered around station areas, thereby advancing the realization of a future 500,000-population self-sufficient city.

Mayor Park Gwan-yeol stated, "The success of the ninth term depends not on planning, but on execution," adding, "This project report should serve as a departure point for responsible administration that goes beyond simply sharing the direction of new city government to ensuring we fulfill our promises to citizens."