Suwon Declares Itself 'Leading City for AI Basic Society'... Basic Society Suwon Headquarters Officially Launches

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Lee Min-jung] The Basic Society Suwon Headquarters (Standing Representative Kwon Hyeok-woo) held an official launch ceremony on the 6th at Namun Megabox in Suwon and proclaimed the vision of 'Leading City for AI Basic Society'.

The launch ceremony was attended by approximately 300 people, including national assembly members from the Suwon area such as Representatives Kim Seung-won (Democratic Party, Suwon City District A) and Kim Jun-hyuk (Democratic Party, Suwon City Politics), Suwon City Council members Kim Dong-eun, Lee Dae-seon, and Lee Hee-seung, Deputy Director Jo Hyun-sam of the Basic Society, Standing Representative Lee Seon-geun of the Gyeonggi Headquarters, Standing Representative Jang Se-hwan of the Hwaseong Headquarters, Standing Representative Kim Min-ju of the Osan Headquarters, and Lee Jae-hoon, Chairman of the Suwon Apartment Residents' Representatives Association, as well as local figures, experts, and citizens, showing high interest.

The Basic Society Suwon Headquarters is an executive organization tasked with experimenting and institutionalizing the 'Basic Society and AI Basic Society' policy direction presented by the Lee Jae-myung administration at the local level.

At the launch ceremony, the Suwon Headquarters unveiled a roadmap for introducing AI-based risk prediction and proactive welfare models in the welfare, education, youth, transportation, and livelihood sectors.

The roadmap includes citizen-oriented policies such as automatic detection of welfare blind spots, customized educational support for students, traffic congestion prediction and management, and automatic linkage of livelihood services for vulnerable groups.

The inaugural executive structure, including Lee Hee-seung as co-representative, was also announced at the event. On behalf of the executive leadership, Bang Kwang-hyun, Director of the Local Autonomy Headquarters, read the launch declaration, presenting key directions for future implementation including AI-based administrative experiments, establishment of data-driven livelihood support systems, and creation of citizen-participatory policy experimental ecosystems.

To commemorate the launch, all attendees took commemorative photos holding placards with the phrase 'Basic Society is the Future'. This was prepared to share the philosophy of the Basic Society policy and future activities with citizens.

In the second part of the event, a '12.3 Emergency Martial Law Documentary' was screened.

Meanwhile, the Suwon Headquarters plans to pursue key projects including holding regular policy forums and town hall meetings, preparing 'Suwon-style AI Basic Society and Digital Innovation Ordinance (draft)', designing and implementing proactive welfare, future education, and smart livelihood pilot projects, and building a citizen-participatory AI livelihood platform.

Standing Representative Kwon Hyeok-woo said, "We will create the most substantial model of the AI Basic Society in Suwon first," and added, "We will build a local innovation structure that brings together the private sector, government, and experts."