Hwaseong Special City Gears Up for Opening of 4 District Offices

[Suwon Ilbo=Park Chan-hyuk Reporter] With just two weeks remaining until the opening of four general district offices, a major administrative system transformation, Hwaseong Special City is accelerating final preparations for the district office openings.

Mansae District Office will be located at Hwaseong Comprehensive Sports Complex and will oversee Uje-eup, Hyangnam-eup, Namyang-eup, Mado-myeon, Songsan-myeon, Seoshin-myeon, Paltan-myeon, Jangan-myeon, Yanggam-myeon, and Saesol-dong. Hyohaeng District Office will be located at 165 Choerubaek-ro, Bongdam-eup, Hwaseong-si, and will administer Bongdam-eup, Maesong-myeon, Bibong-myeon, Jeongnam-myeon, and Gibae-dong.

Byeongjeom District Office will be established at the existing East Branch Office and will oversee Jin'an-dong, Byeongjeom 1-dong, Byeongjeom 2-dong, Banwol-dong, and Hwasan-dong. Dongtan District Office will be set up at the existing Dongtan Branch Office and will administer Dongtan 1-dong through Dongtan 9-dong.

Since surpassing the 500,000 population mark in 2010, the city received simultaneous approval for four general districts from the Ministry of the Interior and Safety last August—15 years later. Since then, all departments have been working together on district office operations, personnel allocation, and administrative system establishment to prepare for the openings.

To ensure smooth opening of each district office and minimize administrative vacuums and to provide stable citizen-centered administrative services, the city conducted a historic-scale personnel reshuffle involving more than 1,600 people on January 16, approximately two weeks before the opening date.

On January 19, Mayor Jeong Myeong-geun held a tea meeting with the four district chiefs and department heads, instructing each department to make thorough advance preparations and respond swiftly to minimize citizen inconvenience and confusion from the large-scale personnel changes and administrative system overhaul.

Additionally, orientation sessions were held for personnel transfers to Mansae and Hyohaeng District Offices, during which the preparation process for district office operations, pre-opening preparations, and citizen service procedures were shared, and all matters were carefully reviewed.

Moreover, due to administrative system data conversion work for district office opening preparations, various government document issuance services using government systems such as Daejeong24 will be temporarily suspended from January 31 to February 1. The city plans to actively provide advance notice and alternative civil petition processing guidance to minimize citizen inconvenience.

Opening ceremonies to commemorate the four district office openings are also planned. △Mansae District Office will hold its ceremony on Monday, February 2 at 10:00 a.m. at the Hwaseong Comprehensive Sports Complex Indoor Gymnasium, △Hyohaeng District Office on Friday, February 6 at 10:00 a.m., △Byeongjeom District Office on Thursday, February 5 at 10:00 a.m., and △Dongtan District Office on Thursday, February 5 at 4:00 p.m., each in their respective district office conference rooms.

Through the establishment of district offices, administrative services will be processed within residential areas, enabling immediate on-site response to matters closely related to daily life such as transportation and environment, and region-specific customized policies will be available. The city plans to complete district office opening preparations without any issues so that citizens can experience better administrative services.

Mayor Jeong Myeong-geun stated, "The opening of district offices is an important turning point for improving citizens' quality of life," and urged, "All public servants must take responsibility in their roles and check thoroughly until the end so that not a single citizen experiences inconvenience during the opening process."