Songpa-gu Mayor Park Seong-su Forms Sister City Partnership with Hwaseong City Today

Cooperative Win-Win Development in Administration, Culture, and Tourism... Providing Convenience When Using Local Tourist Attractions and Recreational Facilities

Park Sung-soo, Mayor of Songpa District (right), is taking a commemorative photo with Seo Cheol-mo, Mayor of Hwaseong, after signing an agreement at the Songpa District Sister City Partnership Ceremony held in the main conference room of the district office on the 13th.

[Asia Economy Reporter Park Jong-il] Songpa-gu (Mayor Park Seong-su) will establish a sister city relationship with Hwaseong City, Gyeonggi Province on the 13th.

Songpa-gu announced that at 11 a.m. on the same day, a signing ceremony will be held in the large conference room of Songpa-gu Office, attended by about 20 representatives from both cities, including Songpa-gu Mayor Park Seong-su and Hwaseong Mayor Seo Cheol-mo.

With this agreement, Hwaseong City will become Songpa-gu's 10th domestic sister city.

According to the agreement, the two local governments will engage in practical exchanges in various fields such as administration, economy, culture, arts, and tourism based on mutual respect and trust.

In particular, they will share excellent local specialties and direct agricultural product markets, youth experience programs, and participate in cultural, artistic, and sports festivals of the sister city.

They will also work together to provide convenience to residents of the sister city when using local tourist attractions and recreational facilities.

Songpa-gu added that through this, the two local governments aim for joint development, including revitalizing the local economy.

Songpa-gu Mayor Park Seong-su said, "Through this sister city relationship, we will engage in substantial exchanges to provide practical benefits to the residents," and added, "We will establish a successful model of urban-rural coexistence that can coexist with other regions."

Since starting a sister city relationship with Yeongdeok-gun, Gyeongbuk Province in 1998, Songpa-gu has established sister city ties with Danyang-gun, Chungbuk Province; Gongju-si, Chungnam Province; Yeoju-si, Gyeonggi Province; Andong-si, Gyeongbuk Province; Gwangyang-si, Jeonnam Province; Gochang-gun, Jeonbuk Province; Yangyang-gun, Gangwon Province; and Hadong-gun, Gyeongnam Province.

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