Heo Seok, Mayor of Suncheon, "I will create a city where not a single person is left out and everyone is included"

Announcement of Major Tasks to be Promoted by Suncheon City in 2020

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Chunsu] On the 6th, Suncheon City in Jeollanam-do held its first press briefing of the new year and took time to explain the direction of city administration for 2020.

Mayor Heo Seok of Suncheon said in his opening remarks, “In 2019, Suncheon rose as a central city of the southern central region beyond Jeollanam-do and shone as an ecological city standing tall in the world beyond Korea,” adding, “Through major events such as the Korea Balanced Expo, it established itself as an ecological city, an innovation city, and a peace city,” sharing the achievements of 2019.

He also expressed the ambition to make 2020, the “Year of East Asian Cultural Cities,” the first year of peace and economic prosperity based on the two pillars of ecology and culture.

The first major task for Suncheon City in 2020 is to secure approval from AIPH (International Association of Horticultural Producers) to hold the “Suncheonman International Garden Expo” once again in 2023, marking the 10th anniversary of the 2013 Suncheonman International Garden Expo, along with attracting the “Ramsar Convention Conference,” known as the International Environmental Olympics, in 2025.

Additionally, to leap forward as a global city of culture and arts, the Suncheon Peace Forum held last year will be expanded into the “Korea-China-Japan Peace Forum.”

Along with this, in 2020, Suncheon City will focus its administrative capabilities on the 3E (Education, Ecology, Economic) project that links education and ecology to economic vitality, creating a 4E city integrated with 4th industrial technologies to lay the foundation for a future-oriented ecological economy city.

To this end, future visions were presented in the economic sector where startups are activated and jobs increase, including the Magnesium Commercialization Support Center, Startup Incubation Center construction, and Fermented Food Industry Support Center.

In the environmental sector, a citizen movement for a “No Plastic City” was proposed, and Suncheonman Wetland and the National Garden were declared “Zero Plastic Zones,” emphasizing the role of Suncheon as Korea’s representative ecological city.

Mayor Heo Seok presented the city administration’s direction for creating a welfare city through the press briefing, promising to make citizens’ daily lives more abundant and warm by providing 24-hour care for dual-income couples, operating a Moonlight Children’s Hospital, half-price rental apartments for newlyweds, and a Life Second Act Center for retirees.

Mayor Heo said, “While a city where everyone prospers is important, I will build a city where not a single person is left out and everyone participates together,” urging citizens to unite their strength in creating a new Suncheon.

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