Osan City Promotes Domestic Exchange Through Visits to Local Governments

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Lee Su-won] Osan City announced on the 3rd that Mayor Lee Kwon-jae and the Osan City Exchange Association (Chairperson Shim Jae-chul) visited five local governments on the 28th and 29th of last month.

The visit was undertaken to strengthen cooperation for mutual development with sister and friendly cities Yeongdong County in North Chungcheong Province and Suncheon City in South Jeolla Province, to deepen friendly relations, and to discuss exchange plans with newly cooperative partners including Jangsu County in North Jeolla Province, Namwon City in North Jeolla Province, and Namhae County in South Gyeongsang Province.

Osan City and the Osan City Exchange Association presented hometown love donations to sister cities Yeongdong County and Suncheon City. Previously, on the 23rd of the same month, the city visited Jindo County to present a hometown love donation.

The city and the Osan City Exchange Association agreed through this visit to activate exchanges at both local government and private sector levels with the five local governments, as well as to discover and pursue exchange projects that can provide tangible benefits to citizens.

Mayor Lee Kwon-jae of Osan City said, "I hope that presenting the hometown love donation will contribute to the economic development of the exchange cities," and "I anticipate that exchanges will take place in various fields for mutual advancement."

Shim Jae-chul, Chairperson of the Osan City Exchange Association, said, "I hope this visit will become a driving force for friendship and mutual development between regions," and "The exchange association will also work together to ensure that private sector exchanges continue to develop."