Suwon City Introduces 'Electronic Official Seal (Gongin) Signing Record Management System'

[Asia Economy (Suwon) = Reporter Lee Young-gyu] Suwon City in Gyeonggi Province is establishing an 'Electronic Official Seal Imprint Record Management System' to digitize the official seal imprint procedures and ledger management history.

Suwon City announced on the 16th that it will pilot operate the 'Electronic Official Seal Imprint Record Management System' starting from the 20th.

The system will electronically integrate the management of approximately 6,000 official seal imprints per year across various fields such as registration certificates, permits, confirmations, and performance certificates, and digitalize the imprinting procedures.

Departments requiring official seal imprints will apply for imprinting using the administrative portal's 'Electronic Official Seal Imprint Record Management System,' and once approved by the Citizen Service Division, an electronic official seal image will be generated and the imprinting will be completed.

The electronic imprinting history will be stored in the record management system's database (DB).

With the introduction of the system, official seal imprinting will become much more convenient. Currently, departments in city hall or business offices that require official seal imprinting must send a cooperation letter to the Citizen Service Division, visit in person, manually fill out the imprint ledger, and then imprint the seal.

Departments with offices outside of city hall or business offices had to travel every time they needed an official seal imprint, which was inconvenient.

The number of official seal imprints in Suwon City reached 5,358 in 2019, 6,375 in 2020, and 5,702 as of November 30, 2021.

A Suwon City official explained, "With the introduction of the Electronic Official Seal Imprint Record Management System, imprinting can be done quickly without restrictions of distance, time, or space, enabling faster processing of civil petitions and more efficient administrative work," adding, "The imprinting records can also be managed more securely."

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