Suwon City's Administrative Achievements Promotional Booklet Attracts Interest from Other Local Governments

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Seo Dong-young] The administrative achievements promotional booklet 'Now, Read the Shining Suwon,' released by Suwon City in July marking the first anniversary of the seventh-term popular election, is drawing keen interest from other local governments.

'Now, Read the Shining Suwon' differs from conventional rigid promotional booklets in naturally introducing city policies. The booklet consists of 13 thematic 'stories' written in essay format about major achievements, including 'Three People and Three Different Stories That Passed Through Suwon.'

Notable figures with connections to Suwon, including Ajou University Professor Kim Kyung-il, comedian Jeong Jong-chul, picture book author Lee Eok-bae, actor Jeong Ui-kab, and humanities writer Choi Jun-young, contributed essays or participated in interviews. The e-book can be viewed on Suwon City's e-book resource promotional center (http://news.suwon.go.kr/ebook).

The city said that as word spread about Suwon City's unique administrative achievements promotional booklet, requests from other local governments asking for copies of 'Now, Read the Shining Suwon' have continued without interruption.

An official from the city's Policy Planning Division said, "Over 10 local governments, including Seongnam City, Seongbuk-gu in Seoul, Nam-gu in Gwangju Metropolitan City, and Sinan-gun in South Jeolla Province, requested copies of the achievements booklet. We initially printed 10,000 copies of the first edition, and we printed an additional 500 copies."