Uiwang City Announces Vision for 8th Popular-Elected Administration

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Jung Jun-sung] Uiwang City announced seven core visions and 80 policy projects on the 6th, marking 100 days since the launch of the 8th popular-elected administration.

At the vision declaration ceremony held together with the Citizens' Day commemoration in the city hall's main conference room on that day, the city proclaimed that it would realize the visions and policy commitments for the next four years together with citizens on the 100th day since the launch of the 8th administration.

The 8th administration's policy projects for Uiwang City consist of seven core visions and 80 projects: △Pleasant Eco-Friendly Premium City △Self-Sufficient Advanced City Full of Jobs △Transportation Hub City for Citizens' Convenience △Top-Tier Education-Leading City Nationally △Culture, Sports, and Welfare City Where All Citizens Are Happy △Safe Urban Environment for Citizens △and Open Communication Administration with Citizen Participation.

The city presented projects including △Wanggok Complex Town and Omaegi Urban Development △Poil-dong Industrial Complex Development △Creation of 30,000 Jobs △Extension of the Wiryeseong-Gwacheon Line to Uiwang △Establishment of Uiwang Education Support Office △and Attraction of Baegun Valley General Hospital to enhance citizens' quality of life and lead Uiwang City's development across diverse sectors including urban development, economy, education, welfare, and culture.

Meanwhile, at the Citizens' Day commemoration held on that day, there was an awards ceremony for the '34th Citizens' Award' recognizing 20 exemplary citizens who worked for municipal development.

At the awards ceremony that day, the Uiwang City Citizen Award was presented to distinguished citizens in four categories of social service, culture and arts, education, health and environment, and regional development. The Gyeonggi Province Citizen Award was presented to five provincial development merit recipients who devoted themselves in all respects for regional development, the Congressional Award to six exemplary citizens, and the City Council Chairman Award to six regional development merit recipients.

Notably, this year, nurses and firefighters who worked on quarantine activities at the front lines of COVID-19 over the past three years specially recited the Uiwang City Citizen Charter.

In his remarks, Mayor Kim Sung-je of Uiwang City stated, "I offer gratitude and encouragement to the award recipients," and added, "I will work with the citizens to make Uiwang City the finest premium city in the metropolitan area."