Yunlin County Magistrate Li Jinyong Hopes to Recreate the Glory of Beigang as a Cultural Stronghold

Yunlin County Magistrate Li Jinyong yesterday (the 11th) presided over the "Greater Beigang Development Meeting" at the Beigang Town Library. Also attending the meeting were Zhou Jiansen, Deputy Director of the Fifth River Management Office of the Water Resources Agency under the Ministry of Economic Affairs, Deputy Magistrate Ding Yanzhe, County Councilor Cai Yueru, Water Resources Department Director Xu Hongbo, Public Works Department Director Huang Kaida, Urban and Rural Development Department Director Lin Changzao, Cultural Affairs Department Director Lin Mengyi, Information Department Director Zhang Kaijie, Planning Department Director Zeng Yuanhuang, Beigang Town Mayor Zhang Shengzhi, Beigang Town representatives, and various borough chiefs and local figures. They jointly discussed and exchanged views on the Beigang River bank improvement project and related construction in Beigang Town. After the meeting, Magistrate Li Jinyong led his governing team to inspect the Beigang Bridge, the old registration office, and the Dafu Theater.

The Greater Beigang Development Meeting included five projects presented by the responsible agencies: the Fifth River Management Office - "Beigang River Charming River Section Environmental Creation Project"; the Water Resources Department - "Beigang Area Implementation Plan"; the Public Works Department - "Chaotian Temple Surrounding Street System Integration and Improvement Plan"; the Urban and Rural Development Department - "Beigang Cultural Life Park Development Plan"; and the Cultural Affairs Department - "Yunlin County Beigang Century-Old Art Town Historical Site Regeneration Plan."

Magistrate Li Jinyong stated that Beigang possesses numerous tangible and intangible cultural assets formed on the foundation of Mazu culture. Under the Ministry of Culture's Historical Site Regeneration Plan, Beigang Town has been selected as the implementation site for the "Century-Old Art Town," with Chaotian Temple at its core. For the improvement of road traffic around it, the county government has also obtained forward-looking funding approved by the central government to complete the street system integration and connectivity improvement plan. As for the urgent need for additional local activity spaces, the county government is also creating coherent circulation routes and improving the livable environment, providing townspeople with outdoor parent-child leisure activities, and strengthening public space functions such as outdoor sports. In the future, it is expected to become a modern, multifunctional gathering and leisure place for residents.