Busan Mayor Jun Jae-soo held the first expanded executive meeting of his term, laying out the broad framework for the city's administration over the next four years.
The city of Busan said it held the first expanded executive meeting of the ninth popularly elected administration Tuesday morning in the main conference room at City Hall, presided over by Mayor Jun. Some 100 participants, including city executives, deputy heads of 16 districts and counties, and heads of affiliated public agencies, attended to discuss implementation plans for the key policies of the ninth administration.
The meeting focused on three main agenda items: the administration's operational direction, the Busan Livelihood 100-Day Emergency Measures, and the strategy to complete Busan as a maritime capital. The agenda reflects an intent to address both "livelihood and the future" at the same time, reviewing the progress of the livelihood measures announced on the mayor's first day in office while also discussing long-term growth strategies.
The city set its urban vision for the ninth administration around four goals: a maritime capital connecting the world, an innovative economic city opening the future, a balanced-growth city good to live in anywhere, and a happy citizens' city where everyone is healthy. Based on this, the city plans to translate the pledges prepared by the transition committee, the "Busan Runs Again Committee," into concrete implementation plans to produce results that citizens can feel.
In the livelihood area, the meeting will intensively review the progress of the 1.3783 trillion won "Busan Livelihood 100-Day Emergency Measures." The city plans to check the execution capability of each department to ensure that 10 core tasks across three areas — support for small businesses in management crisis, easing burdens on citizens and revitalizing commercial districts, and building a livelihood safety net — are being carried out without disruption.
The city will also begin full-scale efforts to "complete Busan as a maritime capital," its strategy for the city's future growth. As core tasks, the city will concentrate maritime administrative, judicial, and financial functions, build a complex logistics tri-port in preparation for the era of the Arctic route, and create a "K-Maritime AI Belt" linking the defense, port, shipbuilding, and culture industries. Through this, the city aims to develop Busan as a growth axis for Korea's southern region.
"The success or failure of the city administration depends on the attitude that answers are found in the field, and on cooperation among institutions," Jun said. "The city, districts and counties, and public agencies must become one team to realize the goals of the ninth administration without disruption."
