Jang Han-byeol, Gyeonggi Provincial Assembly Operations Committee Chair, Takes First Step in National Provincial Assembly Cooperation

Jang Han-byeol, Operations Committee Chair of the Gyeonggi Provincial Assembly (Democratic Party, Suwon District 4), attended the 1st Regular Session of the First Half of the 12th Term of the National Provincial Assembly Operations Committee Chairs Conference held in Sejong Special Self-Governing City on the 24th.

This regular session was the first official meeting held following the launch of the 12th term's first-half conference, during which operations committee chairs from all 16 provincial and municipal assemblies nationwide gathered to elect a chair to lead the conference.

Committee Chair Jang participated in conference activities for the first time since taking office as operations committee chair of the Gyeonggi Provincial Assembly, sharing key operational issues facing local assemblies and jointly discussing ways to strengthen cooperation among provincial and municipal assemblies nationwide.

Committee Chair Jang Han-byeol congratulated Shin Min-ho, the newly elected chair and Operations Committee Chair of Jeollanam-do·Gwangju Integrated Special City, stating, "Following the comprehensive revision of the 'Local Autonomy Act,' we have achieved external growth, yet numerous shared tasks remain—including the substantive strengthening of authority such as organizational independence, budgetary autonomy, and audit authority. As an assembly, Gyeonggi Province will stand ready as Chair Shin's strong supporter and partner, taking the lead in the development of local assemblies based on the responsibility of Korea's largest provincial assembly."

The National Provincial Assembly Operations Committee Chairs Conference is a working cooperative body under the National Provincial Assembly Chairs Conference, engaging in deliberations on shared issues related to the operations of provincial and municipal assemblies nationwide and discovering institutional improvement tasks, thereby working to advance local assemblies and strengthen local autonomy and decentralization.