Anseong City Holds 2026 Press Briefing..."Full-scale Implementation of Sustainable City"

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Park Chan-hyuk] Anseong City held a 2026 New Year press briefing on the 6th at the Lifelong Learning Center and announced its city government operational direction for this year.

Through the briefing, the city stated, "This year, taking 'riding momentum and taking a leap forward' as its theme, we will build sustainable Anseong that achieves one step of growth, while continuing urban innovation and change based on five core tasks: economy, energy, care, basic society, and residential population."

■ Economic Innovation - Improving Industrial Structure

This year, the city will strategically foster major local industries such as semiconductor components, food, and manufacturing industries, and undertake the construction of an industrial ecosystem linking technological development, talent cultivation, and market exploration. In particular, with the Anseong Industry Promotion Foundation scheduled to launch in the first half, the city will establish corporate growth support and a win-win regional economic model, and activate future mobility industries through Hyundai Motor's battery research institute.

Furthermore, it will establish a virtuous cycle structure connecting industry growth and job creation in various sectors including △Dongsin Industrial Complex development △culture and tourism industry fostering △promotion of regional currency use △traditional market fostering, leading to improved settlement conditions and population increases.

■ Energy Transition - Accelerating Carbon-Neutral City

The city presented renewable energy transition policies as a core task for responding to climate crisis. This drives the transition to an energy self-sufficient city through local production and consumption (地産地消) and RE100 industrial complex development, expanded solar power on public land, and formation of distributed energy specialized zones and energy self-sufficient villages.

In agriculture and livestock, the city will expand agrivoltaic solar models and expand electric and hydrogen vehicle supply and related infrastructure projects. Construction of an energy platform with participation from citizens, businesses, and administration will also be accelerated.

■ Residential Population - A City People Stay in and Return to

The city will go beyond resident population-focused policies and work to expand residential population, where citizens from various regions stay, consume, and add vitality to the city. In particular, based on the 'Anseong ON Citizen System', the city will create an environment where people gather and opportunities spread by linking culture, tourism, and regional economy. The city will strengthen Anseong's unique cultural content including hometown love donation system, cultural city projects, lake tourism, Namsadang Baudeokki Festival, and craftsmanship, to promote the transition to a city people want to visit and a city they return to.

■ Integrated Care - Warm Life Enjoyed in Cherished Places

The city has positioned integrated care that connects citizens and regions as a major welfare policy for 2026.

To this end, centered on Anseong-customized community care, the city will expand medical, long-term care, and home care services,

and provide demand-centered services including private-public partnership care blind spot discovery, hospital reassurance companion service for single-person households, and health management utilizing AI. Additionally, the city will actively promote reducing childbirth and childcare burdens and expanding dense welfare infrastructure through operating Moonlight Children's Hospital, establishing a public postpartum care center, advancing child-friendly city policies, and promoting the establishment of a public medical school at Hankyung National University.

■ Basic Society - Guaranteeing Minimum Life for All

This year, the city will strengthen Anseong-style basic society policies including opportunity income for farmers and fishermen, youth, artists, and athletes, hair and makeup cost support for the elderly, free public transportation, and newly married couple support. Aligning with the basic society the People Power Government pursues, with the goal of a city where dignified life and fair starting line are guaranteed, the city plans to gradually expand policies linking basic income, basic services, and social economy.

Furthermore, based on the 2026 budget of 1 trillion 284 billion won, the city will continue its steps toward sustainable urban development and future advancement. By sector, the budget includes △health and welfare 431.9 billion won △environment 150.7 billion won △regional development 122.1 billion won △agriculture and livestock 114.1 billion won △general administration and safety 94 billion won △transportation 81.4 billion won △culture and tourism industry 63.4 billion won △education and sports 54.3 billion won and others.

A city official stated, "In 2026, the Year of the Horse, we will strengthen moving forward rather than pausing, and action rather than hesitation, making our best efforts so that this year becomes a time when citizens can experience sustainable Anseong with only citizen happiness in mind." The official further emphasized, "Since the completion of administration is achieved through win-win cooperation with civic communities, we will make every effort so that the value of a prosperous Anseong where we live together shines even brighter."