Hwaseong Special City Completes '2026 New Year's Greetings' Tour of 29 Eup-myeon-dong Districts

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Park Chan-hyuk] Hwaseong Special City announced on the 29th that it has completed its '2026 New Year's Greetings' tour, which directly visited citizens across the city, concluding with Dongtan 9-dong on the 28th.

Mayor Jung Myung-geun toured all 29 eup-myeon-dong districts over three weeks from the 12th, starting with Namyang-eup and Saesol-dong through the 28th, meeting with approximately 3,000 citizens to exchange New Year's greetings and share key directions for city administration.

This year's New Year's greeting events were organized under the slogan "Hwaseong Special City by Your Side" to explore ways to bring city administration closer to citizens' daily lives at a time ahead of the launch of four general-level district offices.

In particular, this year the city expanded communication channels by conducting advance citizen opinion surveys to allow citizens who had difficulty participating in the on-site events to also convey their opinions.

Through anonymous QR code surveys, the city received approximately 3,400 citizen opinions across various fields including transportation, living environment, welfare, and regional development, with major contents shared at each eup-myeon-dong New Year's greeting event.

The city plans to utilize approximately 3,400 pre-survey opinions and approximately 250 on-site suggestions through relevant department reviews in future city administration and policy development.

Additionally, the city operates the 'Help with Daily Inconveniences QR Code' on an ongoing basis to ensure that citizen proposals continue to be delivered to the city even after the New Year's greeting events.

Major opinions included △improvements in road and transportation sectors such as road openings, expansions, and new bus routes △suggestions for building and improving metropolitan transportation networks including intercity buses and railroads △requests for expansion of cultural and sports infrastructure △improvements in living inconveniences such as park and green space management and new parking lot construction △proposals for regional development and welfare expansion.

Furthermore, this year the city invited residents who have quietly practiced sharing and volunteering in their communities as 'Good Neighbors in Our Community,' sharing videos of their daily lives and activities to promote positive influence in society and foster compassion among communities.

The city plans to strengthen on-site and intimate administration in line with changes in the administrative system and continue to pursue city administration created together with citizens.

Mayor Jung Myung-geun stated, "This New Year's greeting event was a precious time to review the direction of city administration once more ahead of the opening of district offices," and added, "With the launch of the four district offices, we will realize administration that responds faster and more carefully."