Governor Nam: "2015 will be the first year of NEXT Gyeonggi... Will expand bipartisan cooperation"

Gyeonggi Province Governor Nam Kyung-pil declared 2015 as the inaugural year of 'NEXT Gyeonggi' and presented job creation, unification, safety, social economy, and innovation as key themes for the new year.

He also expressed his intention to expand bipartisan cooperation in the areas of budget and education in the new year.

Governor Nam Kyung-pil held a New Year's ceremony at the Gyeonggi Province North Government Complex on the 2nd and said, "Although the economy is expected to face difficulties with low growth in the 3% range this year, I will pioneer NEXT for Gyeonggi Province and NEXT for the Republic of Korea with the belief that crisis is another opportunity." He added, "I will work on economic development through job creation, preparing for unification, building a safe Gyeonggi Province, building a warm Gyeonggi Province, and innovating provincial administration."

As specific measures, Governor Nam said he will foster convergence industries such as games, robotics, and cultural content as future growth engines for youth employment. Regarding unification preparation, he announced he will increase investment in northern Gyeonggi Province regions.

For a safe Gyeonggi Province, he explained that he will increase disaster experts and equipment with a goal of responding within five minutes of the golden time and will create a big data-based Gyeonggi Province safety map.

For a warm Gyeonggi Province, he will implement the Ddabok (warm and happy) community, a social bank, and a living wage system, and expressed his intention to introduce a performance-based personnel system, budget transparency system, and open education MOOC (Massive Open Online Course).

He also presented specific plans for expanding bipartisan cooperation. Governor Nam said, "In 2015, bipartisan cooperation in Gyeonggi Province will be further expanded," and stated, "We will implement budget cooperation where the provincial government and provincial assembly work together from start to finish in budget compilation, and educational cooperation to improve the quality of public education."

Governor Nam then said, "I proclaim 2015 as the inaugural year of NEXT Gyeonggi to build a future where Gyeonggi Province becomes the standard for the Republic of Korea and further becomes a global standard."