Suwon Special City Launches 'Suwon Great Transformation Promotion Unit' as Helm of Civically-Elected 9th Term

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Jung Jun-sung] The 'Suwon Great Transformation Promotion Unit,' which will establish the four-year municipal administration plan for Suwon Special City's civically-elected 9th term, has taken its first step.

Suwon Special City held the launch ceremony for the Suwon Great Transformation Promotion Unit at the city hall's medium conference room on the 22nd. Mayor Lee Jae-jun awarded appointment letters to the members.

Composed of 58 members including field experts, governance institutions and organizations, and civic society group representatives, the Suwon Great Transformation Promotion Unit will operate until August 27th and is responsible for △discovering and presenting strategic tasks for policy implementation of campaign pledges and discussing implementation plans, △setting municipal administration directions including civic administration goals for the 9th term, and △establishing a four-year municipal administration plan for the 9th term.

The promotion unit operates three divisions: the Half-price Living Citizens' Welfare City division, the Cultural Tourism Hub City division, and the Advanced Science Research City division. The co-chairs are Kim Sung-jin, director of the Suwon City Research Institute, and Hong Eun-hwa, standing co-representative of the Suwon Civil Society Organizations Council.

Suwon Mayor Lee Jae-jun stated, "I ask the Suwon Great Transformation Promotion Unit to play a role so that the seeds of Suwon's Great Transformation sown in the 8th civically-elected term will bear fruit in citizens' lives over the four years of the 9th term," and added, "Please listen carefully to citizens' voices in the field and find tasks that will help improve citizens' lives."

He continued, "Suwon's Great Transformation is about reducing the burden of citizens' living expenses, creating a 'cultural tourism hub city' to revitalize the local economy, and developing an advanced science research city to create future sources of income and good jobs," and pledged, "I will complete Suwon's Great Transformation together with citizens."