‘Suwon City Livelihood Regulation Innovation Task Force’ Launched to Identify and Improve Regulations That Inconvenience Citizens

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Jung Jun-seong] The ‘Suwon City Livelihood Regulation Innovation Task Force,’ which will identify regulations that inconvenience citizens’ lives and devise measures for improvement, has been launched.

Suwon Special City held a launch ceremony for the Suwon City Livelihood Regulation Innovation Task Force at the mid-sized conference room of City Hall on the 16th and began full-scale operations.

The Livelihood Regulation Innovation Task Force, headed by Suwon City First Vice Mayor Kim Hyun-soo, is composed of 26 members including public officials, Suwon City Council members, research fellows from the Suwon Research Institute, and external experts.

It is organized into three working groups: ‘Space (urban·architecture/green environment),’ ‘Economy (economy·taxation/general administration),’ and ‘Living (social welfare/safety·transportation).’ After investigating and analyzing key regulatory improvement tasks in each field, the working groups will identify regulations that hinder the revitalization of the livelihood economy and livelihood regulation innovation tasks, devise improvement measures, and propose them to the government.

The plan is to identify regulations by classifying them according to the entity responsible for improvement—△regulations that the city can improve on its own, △regulations that can be resolved by establishing a cooperative system with Gyeonggi Province, and △regulations to be proposed to the government (central ministries), such as central laws—and to improve them systematically.

Each working group will meet regularly to conduct research activities. A first activity performance report meeting will be held at the end of September to inform citizens of the progress made. Afterward, the task force plans to continuously propose regulatory improvement tasks and improvement measures to the National Assembly and the central government.

The launch ceremony that day was attended by Suwon Mayor Lee Jae-jun, First Vice Mayor Kim Hyun-soo, and members of the Livelihood Regulation Innovation Task Force.

First Vice Mayor Kim Hyun-soo said, “I hope the activities of the Livelihood Regulation Innovation Task Force will serve as an opportunity to change Suwon,” and urged, “Please begin by innovating regulations closely related to citizens’ lives.”

Mayor Lee Jae-jun said, “To complete the grand transformation of Suwon, we must first innovate regulations,” adding, “Let the Livelihood Regulation Innovation Task Force join forces to realize regulatory reform at a level unimaginable for a local government.”

He went on to emphasize, “When you look around, there are many regulations that need to be innovated,” and “If we actively seek out regulations to improve and innovate them, we can make the world a better place to live.”