Dongtan U-City Information Center in Hwaseong Becomes Popular Benchmarking Destination

The Dongtan U-City Information Center in Hwaseong City, Korea's first U-City information center, has become a popular benchmarking destination for domestic central government ministries, local governments, universities, and overseas organizations.

According to the city, on the 15th, officials from STC (Saudi Telecom Company), the largest telecommunications company in the Arab region, visited the Hwaseong Dongtan U-City Information Center and benchmarked advanced city technology and U-City operation cases for approximately two hours.

The STC officials who visited the Dongtan U-City Information Center on that day expressed amazement at the system that integrates and operates various public information services including safety, traffic, environment, and media in one place. In particular, they showed keen interest in the integrated control platform of the U-City Information Center, which enables rapid responses when situations occur through 24/7, 365-day information collection, requesting detailed explanations.

Kim Jin-seung, head of Hwaseong City's Information and Communications Department, stated, "The Hwaseong Dongtan U-City Information Center has established itself as the mecca of U-City with more than 1,000 visitors annually coming to benchmark it," and added, "We will make every effort to ensure convenient, pleasant, and safe city operations so that Korea's U-City can expand globally."

Meanwhile, the number of overseas visitors to the Hwaseong Dongtan U-City Information Center has exceeded 1,000, with 417 in 2009, 281 in 2010, 262 in 2011, and 75 in 2012. It is planned that visitors from Japan, China, and Vietnam will visit the Dongtan U-City Information Center for benchmarking during February.

Including domestic organizations, more than 6,000 people have visited the Hwaseong Dongtan U-City Information Center for benchmarking since 2009.