Sejong-si, Call for Suppliers of Return Gifts for Hometown Love Donation Program

Recent list of hometown love donation return gift items selected by Sejong City. Provided by Sejong City.

[Asia Economy (Sejong) Reporter Jeong Il-woong] Sejong City is publicly recruiting suppliers for hometown love donation program return gifts.

The city announced on the 28th that it will hold a public contest for suppliers of return gifts for the hometown love donation program from the 29th of this month to the 9th of next month.

The hometown love donation program will be implemented starting January next year. Prior to this, on the 25th, the city held a return gift selection advisory panel and finalized 11 agricultural products such as rice and peaches, 19 processed products including sauces, traditional Korean sweets, and wine, 3 tourism experience culture products, and 38 items including Yeominjeon as return gifts.

These items will be supplied through the selected suppliers later. The recruitment target is companies that have business establishments within the city and can produce and deliver return gifts.

The selection of companies will be based on factors such as the ability to stably supply return gifts, capability to perform tasks such as storage and delivery of return gifts, and possession of local production and manufacturing bases.

The selected companies will go through procedures such as supply contracts and registration in the ‘Hometown Love Donation (e)um System’ and will provide return gifts to donors starting January next year.

The hometown love donation program allows residents living outside Sejong to donate a certain amount (within 5 million KRW) to the region and receive tax deduction benefits and return gifts such as local specialties within 30% of the donation amount (up to 1.5 million KRW).

The funds will be used for supporting vulnerable groups, fostering and protecting youth, promoting culture, arts, and health, supporting the revitalization of local communities, and improving residents' welfare.

Lee Hong-jun, Director of the Autonomous Administration Bureau of the city, said, “The hometown love donation program is a system established to foster a healthy donation culture and revitalize the local economy. We ask for the interest and participation of many suppliers who can represent our region with return gifts.”

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