Suwon City Submits 'Integrated Proposal' to Gyeonggi Province

Suwon City submitted a "Proposal by the Mayor of Suwon and Residents' Proposal for the Integration of Hwaseong, Osan, and Suwon" to Gyeonggi Province on the 26th, as discussions on administrative district integration are actively proceeding across the country.

Through the proposal, the city stated, "Hwaseong, Osan, and Suwon are cities with the same living culture and roots both geographically and emotionally, in addition to history and culture. If integration is achieved, mutual complementation and acceleration of regional development will be realized, and the cities will emerge as representative cities of South Korea with competitiveness in the global era."

Prior to this, the Suwon City Council unanimously adopted a proposal for administrative district integration of Hwaseong, Osan, and Suwon at the 286th second regular session on the 23rd and submitted the integration proposal to the province.

With the submission of the proposal under the name of the Mayor of Suwon and the residents' proposal, the city has now submitted integration proposals from all three subjects possible as outlined by the Local Administrative System Reorganization Promotion Committee.

The province, which has received the integration proposal, will attach its opinion and submit it to the Local Administrative System Reorganization Promotion Committee.

Integration proposals can be submitted by local government heads, local councils, and residents (with signatures from at least 1/50 of those with voting rights in a residents' referendum) by December of this year.