Youngtong-gu Youngtong 2-dong Conducts 'Benchmarking' with Deoksan-myeon, North Chungcheong Province

The Residents' Autonomy Committee of Youngtong 2-dong, Youngtong-gu warmly welcomed a benchmarking delegation that visited from the Residents' Autonomy Committee of Deoksan-myeon, Jincheon-gun, North Chungcheong Province on the 21st, and held a session introducing best practices of the autonomy center.

The benchmarking delegation, composed of 30 residents' autonomy committee members including Deoksan-myeon Chief Yoon Seok-yong and Residents' Autonomy Committee Chairman Han Jeong-seop, toured the operational status of Youngtong 2-dong's autonomy center and carefully reviewed the best practices from the National Residents' Autonomy Expo.

Deoksan-myeon is a rural area with 2,562 households and 5,826 residents, where Deoksan yakju (medicinal rice wine) and Saenggeo Jincheon rice are famous local specialties. The autonomy center operates various programs including a youth study room equipped with an internet café, a fitness center, and a calligraphy class.

Youngtong 2-dong provided a detailed introduction to the autonomy center's operational status, last year's specialized project implementation results, and village development projects. To welcome guests from afar and promote excellent autonomy center programs, belly dance class students performed beautiful belly dances and received applause.

Kim Hong-ju, Chairman of the Residents' Autonomy Committee, stated, "Our dong's specialized project was selected as a best practice at the 11th National Residents' Autonomy Expo, and inquiries about benchmarking have continued. This has become an opportunity to promote cooperation between urban and rural areas and to widely publicize Suwon as a people-friendly human city."