Suwon Mayor Lee Jae-jun: "I Will Begin 'Suwon's Great Transformation' Through Transformation of Citizens' Lives"

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Jeong Jun-sung] Suwon Special City Mayor Lee Jae-jun announced, "I will begin 'Suwon's Great Transformation' through transformation of space, economic transformation, and transformation of citizens' lives."

At a briefing held in the city hall conference room on the 8th to mark the 2nd anniversary of the 8th popularly-elected term, the mayor said, "We will transform 'space' through construction of metropolitan railway networks and urban redevelopment projects, transform 'economy' by establishing an advanced science research city, and transform 'life' by providing citizens with what they truly need."

Presenting metropolitan railway network construction projects and the "Urban Renaissance 2.0 Project" as space transformation policies, he said, "We will devote all our capabilities to realizing the construction of the Gyeonggi Southern Metropolitan Railway" and "We will also shorten the designation period for new redevelopment zones to two years to quickly advance redevelopment projects in aging central areas."

For economic transformation policies, he presented the creation of a ring-shaped advanced science innovation cluster and said, "The ultimate goal is to create a Korean-style Silicon Valley by establishing a 3 million square meter free economic zone in the western Suwon area."

For lifestyle transformation policies, he presented the low-rise residential area repair support project "Saebbit House," support projects for single-person households, and local commercial district protection cities.

Mayor Lee Jae-jun said, "The top priority task for achieving economic transformation is improving excessive regulations" and "12 cities under the overcrowding restriction zone will join forces to pursue 'abolition of excessive acquisition tax' in phases, which is the most urgent task."

He also stated, "We will operate the Suwon City Livelihood Regulation Innovation Promotion Group to identify regulations that inconvenience citizens' lives and promptly prepare improvement measures to propose to the government," and "We will systematically promote regulatory improvement by classifying regulations that the city can improve on its own and regulations we will propose for government improvement."

Mayor Lee Jae-jun said, "Over the past two years, we have laid the foundation for creating an economic special city and established the framework for a 'city built by citizens' hands,'" and presented △Suwon Business Saebbit Fund △Saebbit Loan △Saebbit Civil Affairs Office △Saebbit Talk Talk △Suwon Saebbit Care as accomplishments.

He also said, "The Suwon City Policy Research Institute conducted the '2023 Suwon Survey' targeting 2,000 citizens, and the city administration satisfaction rate was 77.1%," and "We worked hard with public officials over the past two years to create a new Suwon, and I sincerely thank our citizens for evaluating us positively." He added, "We will devote all our capabilities and passion to making this a city where citizens shine and the most livable city in the nation."