Former Suwon Vice Mayor Lee Jae-jun Successfully Holds Book Launch for "My Love, My Suwon"

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Jeong Jun-sung] The book launch for "My Love, My Suwon" by Lee Jae-jun, former vice mayor of Suwon, concluded successfully on the 12th at Kyonggi University's Sensibility Core with thousands of participants including figures from various sectors, politicians, and citizens.

The event was attended by Suwon Mayor Yeom Tae-young, National Assembly Members Kim Young-jin, Baek Hye-ryeon, and Kim Seung-won, as well as political figures from the Suwon region, Park Jung, chairperson of the Democratic Party's Gyeonggi Province branch, Anyang Mayor Choi Dae-ho, Osan Mayor Kwak Sang-uk, and citizens from all walks of life.

Lee Jae-myung, Democratic Party presidential candidate, and National Assembly Member Kim Jin-pyo sent congratulatory videos and messages.

Candidate Lee Jae-myung conveyed in his message, "I am amazed by your passion in writing a book amid your busy schedule," and added, "I deeply empathize with former Vice Mayor Lee Jae-jun's precious experiences, thoughts, philosophy, and vision for regional and national development contained in this book. I hope that 'My Love, My Suwon,' the work of former Vice Mayor Lee Jae-jun, is widely read and is used meaningfully in advancing the region and improving citizens' lives."

Former Vice Mayor Lee Jae-jun said in his remarks, "I sincerely thank all of you for joining the book launch for 'My Love, My Suwon,'" and added, "I apologize for not being able to offer you a glass of water due to COVID-19 quarantine guidelines."

He continued, "I have embodied in this book the life of urban planning expert Lee Jae-jun, who for the past 30 years has researched and practiced for the development of Suwon citizens and Suwon. Based on the expertise and administrative and political experience I have accumulated, I hope to contribute to completing a 'thrilling Suwon Special-Status City' where all Suwon citizens can smile," he added.

Meanwhile, his book "My Love, My Suwon" is a work in which former Vice Mayor Lee Jae-jun, a Ph.D. in urban planning engineering, government official, and politician, has organized his accumulated experiences and thoughts and solutions for the betterment of citizens' lives. The book is structured with sections including the path Lee Jae-jun has walked and the path Suwon Special-Status City will take.

In particular, the book receives praise for containing not only the achievements made during his tenure as the second vice mayor of Suwon from 2011 to 2016, but also for calmly diagnosing the issues currently facing Suwon from an expert perspective, while embodying future visions and expectations for Suwon to be reborn as a "thrilling Suwon Special-Status City."