Kim Dong-yeon, the governor of Gyeonggi Province, met with Prime Minister Kim Min-seok and Deputy Prime Minister Koo Yun-cheol on the 7th to request national funding support for issues in Gyeonggi Province. He also emphasized strengthening cooperation with Lee Jae-myung's government.
On the same day, Governor Kim met with the Prime Minister at the Seoul Government Complex to discuss cooperation between the government and Gyeonggi Province by presenting three agendas: the development of U.S. military base return areas, peace, and climate.
In particular, Governor Kim stated that he would take the lead in the development of the return areas. He noted, "The northern region of Gyeonggi has had to bear North Korea for 70 years, and now, as the president said, I will succeed in developing the return areas and completely change the game."
Governor Kim declared that he would set the period from the 8.15 Liberation Day to the 9.19 Pyongyang Joint Declaration's 7th anniversary as a starting point for establishing a peace regime on the Korean Peninsula. In the climate sector, he introduced Gyeonggi Province's leading cases such as the Gyeonggi Climate Tech Cluster, Gyeonggi RE100, and climate insurance, requesting cooperation.
Earlier, Governor Kim also requested cooperation on the development of return areas when he met with Deputy Prime Minister Koo Yun-cheol. He highlighted the full national funding support for the 7 billion won operating budget of the "Ansang Trauma Center," which is related to the Sewol Ferry, stating that it was "a project that had been stagnant under the Yoon Suk-yeol government."
In addition, Governor Kim requested 35.5 billion won in national funding support for three key projects: improving disaster risk, the semi-public system of express buses, and the Okjeong-Pocheon metropolitan railway.