Suwon Selected as Top Information Technology Project Agency in Gyeonggi Province

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Jung Jun-sung] Suwon City announced on the 12th that it was selected as the top agency among 31 municipalities and counties in Gyeonggi Province in the 'Selection of Excellent Agencies for Information Technology Projects in 2021' led by Gyeonggi Province.

Gyeonggi Province selects and awards basic local governments that have secured national funding by carrying out central government contests in the information technology sector and have contributed to provincial development. The evaluation period was from October 1, 2020 to September 30, 2021.

During the evaluation period, Suwon City applied for public contests in Fourth Industrial Revolution technology fields including big data, AI (artificial intelligence), cloud, VR (virtual reality)/AR (augmented reality), and My Data, resulting in 14 projects being selected. The city secured a total of 15.025 billion won in national funding and 461.25 million won in provincial funding.

The public contests selected for Suwon City include ▲2021 Social Problem-Solving Intelligent Information Technology Project (introduction of barrier-free kiosk at health centers) ▲2021 Smart Tourism City Project (development of Suwon Smart Tourism City) ▲2021 Energy Demand Management Core Technology Development Project (research on building energy management system public data construction and sharing) ▲2021 Digital Public Service Innovation Project (detection of drowsy driving and construction of smart safety services for intercity and long-distance buses), and others.

A city official stated, "In line with Fourth Industrial Revolution and Digital New Deal policies, we actively participated in information technology public contests and were selected as the number one agency among Gyeonggi Province's 31 municipalities and counties based on overwhelming results," and added, "In the future, we will discover services applying new technologies such as the metaverse and participate in national Digital New Deal public contests."