Hwaseong Mayor Jung Myung-geun: "Restoring People's Livelihoods is Most Important Goal for Residents' Brilliant Lives"

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Park Chan-hyuk] Hwaseong Special City Mayor Jung Myung-geun stated on the 18th that "the most important goal for the brilliant lives of special city residents is restoring people's livelihoods," adding "to realize this, I will concentrate city administration capacity on three core sectors: economy and safety, welfare, and culture and transportation."

Mayor Jung unveiled the city's 2025 administration direction through his state of the city address at the 239th 1st Extraordinary Session of the Hwaseong Special City Council held on that day.

First, Mayor Jung emphasized plans to implement various policies to revitalize the local economy and strengthen industrial safety networks.

Particularly, the city plans to issue the nation's largest-scale local currency and achieve the early completion of a 20 trillion won investment attraction project to secure economic growth momentum.

Additionally, the city will establish an RE100 industrial complex to accelerate the transition to eco-friendly industries, and will gradually develop Hwaseong Technopole to lay the foundation for an advanced industrial city.

Furthermore, the city will operate an "Industrial Safety Guardian" program to prevent industrial accidents and strengthen workplace safety.

Regarding welfare policies, the city plans to expand emergency welfare services to ensure all residents receive impartial care and strengthen support to eliminate new welfare blind spots.

Particularly, to address the low birth rate issue, the city will expand support benefits for households with newborns and open a Family Blessing Center to provide various customized family support services.

The mayor also outlined plans to improve residents' quality of life through expansion of culture, sports, tourism, and transportation infrastructure.

Including the Hwaseong Arts Center scheduled for completion in September, the city plans to proceed without delay on opening the Dongtan Central Library in October, groundbreaking for the Golden Coast Road and Goryeom Mountain Marine Park, opening of the Seohae Maru Youth Hostel, and groundbreaking for the Botanic Garden Hwaseong Yeoul Park exhibition greenhouse, so residents can enjoy more diverse cultural and leisure facilities.

Additionally, 14 railway projects are currently underway, and based on these, the city plans to expand the metropolitan transportation network to improve residents' mobility.

Mayor Jung concluded his address by emphasizing "we must listen to voices from the field and boldly pursue policies for people's livelihood recovery," and said "cooperation with the city council is more important than ever for the stability of people's livelihoods and the brilliant lives of Hwaseong special city residents, so I ask for your active interest and cooperation."