Jeonju City prepares a budget of 2.692 trillion won for 2025

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Jeonju City has prepared next year’s budget with a focus on accelerating Jeonju’s great transformation, including creating the foundation for a metropolitan city of 1 million people and realizing a strong economy.

Jeonju City requested 2.692 trillion won in the 2025 budget, an increase of 120.2 billion won (4.68%) from this year, to the Jeonju City Council.

Jeonju City’s budget plan for next year focused on △creating the foundation for a metropolitan city of 1 million people, △a strong economy in which citizens become rich, △a culture that stands tall as a global industry, and △exciting welfare that can be enjoyed in daily life.

First, Jeonju City allocated a total budget of 416.6 billion won to create a living area in a metropolitan city of 1 million people and establish a social safety net for Jeonju’s millennium future.

To expand urban infrastructure, △900 million won to support win-win cooperation activities in Wanju and Jeonju △400 million won to create Wanju and Jeonju Park golf courses △300 million won to build a win-win railway in Wanju and Jeonju △32 billion won to create a MICE complex △Luxury complex transfer center It reflected the budget of 4.2 billion won and 500 million won for the Jeonju Station improvement project.

In addition, △ KRW 10 billion for the establishment of a trunk express bus system on Kirin-daero △ KRW 300 million for the construction of a connecting road on the west side of Eco City △ KRW 800 million for support for the expansion of the connecting road in Hyocheon District △ KRW 500 million for smart on-street parking △ KRW 2 billion for the construction of a parking tower, etc. It was also decided to expand infrastructure.

In addition, for a sustainable city that responds to climate change, △ KRW 80 billion for the purchase of long-term unimplemented urban parks △ KRW 5.1 billion for a project to reduce emissions from diesel vehicles △ KRW 33.9 billion for support for the purchase of electric vehicles, etc. △ Support for the purchase and introduction of hydrogen cars and city buses. KRW 46.7 billion was allocated, and in order to create a city safe from disasters, △ 600 million KRW to support the relocation of underground electric vehicle charging facilities to the ground △ 2.9 billion KRW to improve disaster risk areas (Wolpyeong, Gongdeok, Misan) △ Renovate the Gaeksacheon disaster risk district. We also plan to promote KRW 1.5 billion and KRW 500 million to improve streetlight illumination.

Jeonju City also plans to invest an economic budget worth 146.6 billion won to upgrade key industries that will drive Jeonju’s strong economy, transform industrial complexes, support the people’s livelihood economy, and strengthen the competitiveness of local agriculture.

The main projects are △ KRW 3.1 billion for the construction of a drone sports complex △ KRW 5 billion for hosting the 2025 Jeonju Drone Soccer World Cup △ KRW 11 billion for the creation of an urban forest at the Carbon Industrial Complex △ KRW 1 billion for the construction of access roads to the Carbon Industrial Complex △ KRW 2 billion for the installation of public wastewater treatment facilities at the Carbon Industrial Complex Won △Purchase of Huvis land to strengthen the competitiveness of the aging base industrial complex KRW 3 billion △Establishment of a youth culture center in Jeonju Industrial Complex KRW 1.9 billion △Establishment of an integrated control center to prevent disasters in the industrial complex KRW 1 billion △Establishment and operation of a laundromat for workers’ work clothes at the Palbok Carbon Industrial Complex 2 These include 100 million won, △Mecano Biohealth Innovative Medical Device Professional Training Center, 1.2 billion won, and △Small Business Development Fund, 2 billion won.

At the same time, △Issuance of local currency KRW 8.3 billion △Special guarantee for small business owners KRW 2.8 billion △Support for card fees for small business owners KRW 2 billion △Operation of public delivery app KRW 400 million △Improvement of traditional market environment KRW 1.2 billion △Establishment of integrated food support center KRW 2.1 billion △Agricultural products A budget to support small business owners and farmers was also set, including 600 million won for comprehensive processing technology support, 500 million won for the establishment of branch offices for agricultural machinery rental, and 600 million won for smart agricultural technology support.

In addition, △7.4 billion won for the promotion of the Cultural City of Korea △1 billion won for the National Later Baekje History and Culture Center △1 billion won for the restoration of Jeonju Castle Fortress △4.8 billion won for the establishment of the Jeonju Independent Film House △5.5 billion won for the establishment of a K-Film production base and film industry hub △Building a Korean-style movie effect sound source sound dam of 1.3 billion won, △Building Jeonju Athletics Stadium and baseball stadium 29 billion won, △Building an indoor gym 3 billion won, △Wansan Chilbong Hanbitmaru Park 3.1 billion won, △Establishing an open space in Deokjin Park 1.2 billion won, etc.

It also included a customized welfare budget without blind spots and a related budget of 1.089 trillion won to move towards a city where young people want to settle down.

A customized welfare budget for the entire life cycle includes △ KRW 6.7 billion in support for first meeting vouchers △ KRW 61.7 billion in childcare △ KRW 36 billion in child allowance △ KRW 11.7 billion in child care support △ KRW 14.6 billion in support for child support for single-parent families, etc. △ Support for dementia patients and their families 9 100 million won △ Dementia treatment management cost support 1.8 billion won △ Basic pension 261.7 billion won △ Living allowance 166.1 billion won △ Support for activities of the disabled 49.7 billion won △ Senior job creation project 63.8 billion won △ Veterans allowance support 7.4 billion won △ Construction of a welfare center in the western region 6.5 billion won These include △8.3 billion won for the construction of a regional rehabilitation hospital and 500 million won for the establishment of a generation-integrated care center.

As a budget for stabilizing youth lives and strengthening support for employment and entrepreneurship, △Jeonju corporate class employment support, 400 million won support for employment at Jeonju companies for hiring young people moving out, △4.4 billion won support for local settlement of Jeonbuk youth, △Jeonbuk-type youth vitality allowance 2.2 billion won △Youth A budget of 4.5 billion won for one-time monthly rent special support, 1.2 billion won for double savings for Jeonbuk youth, and 1.5 billion won for Glocal 30 was allocated.

In addition, next year’s budget also reflected △2 billion won for the construction of Hyoja 4-dong Community Center and △19.7 billion won for the expansion of the city hall annex.

Jeonju City’s budget plan for next year will be finalized through deliberation at the 416th Jeonju City Council’s 2nd regular meeting scheduled for December 18.

Jeonju Mayor Woo Beom-ki said, “2025 is expected to be a more financially difficult time than ever due to the government’s sound fiscal policy,” adding, “We will invest properly in the areas where finances are needed to support the difficulties of people’s livelihoods and help citizens “To bring about tangible changes in life, we will invest boldly and implement Jeonju’s big dream in earnest,” he said.