Transition Committee for Suwon Special City Mayor Formed...Four Divisions with 15 Members

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Jung Jun-seong] The transition committee for the eighth-term Suwon Special City mayor will hold a plaque ceremony and begin full-scale activities at the Suwon Convention Center on the morning of the 8th.

The eighth-term transition committee has been composed under the motto of "a transition committee focused on reporting work to citizens." It is structured to focus on establishing detailed plans to advance Lee Jae-jun, the mayor-elect of Suwon Special City, promises regarding attracting enterprises and the relocation of Suwon Military Airport project, which he has emphasized since his candidacy.

The transition committee has appointed Sung Yeol-hak, CEO and representative director of VVTECH, as chairperson, Kim Ho-jin, Suwon City councilor, as vice chairperson, and Kim Do-young, research fellow at the Suwon City Policy Research Institute, as secretary. It will be composed of four divisions—Planning and Coordination, Economy Culture and Education, Welfare Youth and Women, and Urban Environment and Transportation—totaling 15 members.

In addition, under the transition committee, there will be established a Military Airport Relocation Task Force to plan the military airport relocation, which is a core campaign promise of mayor-elect Lee Jae-jun, as well as committees for Enterprise and Jobs, Labor, Integrated Care and Education, Citizens' Community, and Sports and Culture. These will establish concrete plans and conduct citizen briefings on each sector's key campaign promises that mayor-elect Lee Jae-jun pledged to citizens through the Suwon mayoral election.

The first distinguishing feature of this transition committee is the full deployment of experts for establishing a future vision for the eighth-term administration, rather than composing a transition committee focused on city administration reporting.

To this end, Sung Yeol-hak, CEO and representative director of VVTECH, a promising advanced enterprise in Suwon, has been appointed as transition committee chairperson. Additionally, Hong Kyung-gu, professor at Dankook University, who has led numerous urban redevelopment projects nationwide, Lee Dong-wook, professor at Bucheon University, who has researched traditional markets and alley commerce, Kim Hyun, a professor specializing in MICE industry and tourism city policies, and Kim Do-young, Ph.D. at the Suwon City Policy Research Institute, who has conducted research on citizen deliberation committees and direct democracy in the field, have been deployed as transition committee members to establish the policy direction for the eighth-term Suwon Special City.

Additionally, representing on-site civic activists, Seo Jeong-ri, chairperson of ICOOP Suwon Credit Union, Jung Jong-hoon, permanent representative of the Suwon Citizens' Society Council, Moon Eun-jeong, CIVICFIRST Suwon activist, and Hong Eun-hwa, director of the Suwon Environmental Movement Center, along with Suwon City councilors Kim Ho-jin, Kim Young-taek, and Hwang Kyung-hee, who have worked with citizens and communities in the field, have been appointed to strengthen on-site engagement, which is another distinctive feature.

Finally, by appointing Kim Chang-rae, co-chair of the presidential transition committee for Gyeonggi Province for the 20th presidential election, and Seo Hyo-young, attorney-at-law, to represent youth and women, the administration has also expressed determination for innovation regarding youth and women issues in Suwon.

The Lee Jae-jun camp has announced plans to launch a citizens' transition committee (tentative name) website at the launch of the eighth-term transition committee, through which Suwon citizens can directly participate in transition committee operations online, and to reflect citizen opinions received through this platform in transition committee planning.

A key official from the Lee Jae-jun camp stated regarding the significance of the transition committee composition, "The composition of the eighth-term transition committee is a reflection of mayor-elect Lee's strong will to establish a transition committee that does not simply receive administrative briefings from civil servants, but rather one in which actual city administration plans are established jointly by civil servants and field experts and reported to citizens." The official added, "By regularly reporting to and communicating with citizens about transition committee operations and each specialized committee's operations, we will open the beginning of an eighth-term administration created together with citizens."

[Eighth-Term Transition Committee Member List]

☐ Chairperson: Sung Yeol-hak, CEO and Representative Director of VVTECH

☐ Vice Chairperson: Kim Ho-jin, Suwon City Councilor

☐ Secretary: Kim Do-young, Research Fellow, Suwon City Policy Research Institute

☐ Planning and Coordination Division Members
• Jung Jong-hoon, Permanent Representative, Suwon Citizens' Society Council
• Seo Hyo-young, Attorney-at-Law
• Oh Hyun-jae, Former Director, Suwon Urban Development Foundation Center

☐ Economy Culture and Education Division Members
• Lee Dong-wook, Professor, Bucheon University
• Seo Jeong-ri, Chairperson, ICOOP Suwon Credit Union
• Moon Eun-jeong, CIVICFIRST Suwon Activist

☐ Welfare Youth and Women Division Members
• Hwang Kyung-hee, Former Suwon City Councilor
• Kim Young-taek, Suwon City Councilor
• Kim Chang-rae, Co-Chair of the Presidential Transition Committee for Gyeonggi Province, Democratic Party of Korea, 20th Presidential Election

☐ Urban Environment and Transportation Division Members
• Kim Hyun, Professor, Dankook University
• Hong Kyung-gu, Professor, Dankook University
• Hong Eun-hwa, Director, Suwon Environmental Movement Center