32,691 Policy Proposals Submitted to 'New Gyeonggi Committee' Website

Road and traffic: 24,304 submissions (74.9%), Environment: 4,177 submissions (12.9%), Education: 1,638 submissions (5%)
Most frequently submitted proposals include Bundang Line extension, Line 7 Okjeong Station extension, and Dongbaek GTX extension

A total of 32,691 citizen proposals were received over one month on the 'New Gyeonggi Committee' website, an online policy proposal platform of Governor Lee Jae-myung's Gyeonggi Province Transition Committee.

The New Gyeonggi Committee, which serves as Governor Lee Jae-myung's Gyeonggi Province Transition Committee, operated the policy proposal website of the same name from June 25 to July 24 with the aim of directly receiving policy suggestions from residents and reflecting them in provincial administration.

Breaking down policy proposals by sector, road and traffic issues accounted for 74.9% of submissions, followed by environmental issues at 12.9% and education at 5%.

Among these, 21 proposals received 100 or more duplicate submissions, accounting for 28,493 residents and representing 87.8% of all proposals.

The proposal with the most duplicate submissions was a request for expedited extension of the Bundang Line connecting Gwanggyo, Hwaseo, Homaesil, and Bongdam, which received 8,353 submissions (25.7%). This was followed by requests to extend Line 7 to Okjeong Station with 6,044 submissions (18.6%), requests for GTX construction in Dongbaek, Goseong with 3,765 submissions (11.6%), requests to relocate Anyang Ascon factory with 3,351 submissions (10.3%), and requests to open Dongbaek Smart IC with 1,371 submissions (4.2%). Gyeonggi Province explained that these five proposals all correspond to livelihood issues desired by local residents and account for 70.4% of total submissions received.

Gyeonggi Province plans to exclude 231 responses marked as "unable to respond" from the 32,691 received proposals, organize the remaining 32,460 by department, reflect them in provincial policy-making, and disclose implementation status through the Gyeonggi Province government website.

In particular, the province selected 60 proposals from citizen submissions as major policy tasks, including measures to prevent childcare facility vehicle-related deaths, North Korea Daedong River tours, relocation of public institutions by region within the province, and SNS-based patrol mobile unit operations, with relevant departments set to begin active review.

Meanwhile, to realize the 'Citizen Petition System,' one of Governor Lee Jae-myung's campaign promises, Gyeonggi Province plans to establish and operate an '(Online) Citizen Petition' site on the Open Governor's Office section of the Gyeonggi Province website beginning in September.

During his campaign as a candidate for Gyeonggi Province governor, Governor Lee stated, "The Candlelight Revolution tasked the political community with cleansing all corrupt practices. The best way is to expand direct democracy," presenting the realization of direct democracy, including citizen petition systems and citizen proposal systems, as campaign pledges.

An official from Gyeonggi Province stated, "We confirmed the passion of residents wishing to directly participate in provincial administration through the New Gyeonggi Committee website," adding, "Starting in September, we will prepare seamlessly to effectively gather citizen opinions through the citizen petition site."