Hwaseong Special City Holds Citizen Public Hearing for "6th Regional Social Security Plan"

Hwaseong Special City (Mayor Jung Myung-geun) held a 'Citizen Public Hearing for the Establishment of the 6th Regional Social Security Plan' on the 12th at the Civil Defense Education Center on the 3rd floor of Hwaseong Sports Complex, with around 200 attendees including citizens and social welfare experts.

This public hearing was organized to reflect diverse opinions from citizens in the process of establishing the 6th Regional Social Security Plan, which will contain the social security policy direction for Hwaseong Special City going forward. The public hearing proceeded in the following order: △Reporting on the planning process △Presentation of the draft plan △Questions and answers.

The 6th Regional Social Security Plan establishment task force is composed of a public-private cooperation system with co-chairs Shin Hyun-ju, Director of Care and Welfare for Hwaseong Special City, and Lee Jung-ho, Private Sector Chair of the Hwaseong City Consultative Body, along with 107 private experts and civil servants from 13 social security sectors.

The task force carefully analyzed the region's welfare needs and resources, held meetings by sector, and identified 40 social security projects and 18 local community social security development strategy projects with the goal of "A Greater City of Happiness in Hwaseong Where We Care for and Enjoy Together."

The city plans to reflect citizen opinions from this public hearing in the plan, and submit the final plan to Gyeonggi Province by September after deliberation by the Hwaseong City Regional Social Security Consultative Body and reporting to the Hwaseong City Council.

Mayor Jung Myung-geun of Hwaseong Special City said, "The 6th Regional Social Security Plan is an important plan that presents the direction of welfare policies that citizens can experience in their daily lives," and added, "I will faithfully reflect the diverse opinions of citizens from this public hearing to establish a comprehensive social security system tailored to the regional characteristics and welfare needs."

Meanwhile, the 6th Regional Social Security Plan is a four-year medium- to long-term plan established in accordance with the 'Act on the Use and Provision of Social Security Benefits and Discovery of Entitled Persons,' and is prepared to comprehensively reflect citizens' social security needs and the region's welfare resources.