Gwangju Seo-gu and Gyeonggi Siheung-si Join Hands for Community Win-Win Development

Seo-gu in Gwangju Metropolitan City and Siheung City in Gyeonggi Province have joined hands to improve the quality of life for local residents and promote regional co-development.

On the 13th, according to Seo-gu, Kim Yi-gang, the head of Seo-gu, and Im Byeong-taek, the mayor of Siheung, signed a mutual development business agreement at Siheung City Hall.

Gwangju Metropolitan City Seo-gu and Siheung-si, Gyeonggi-do signed a mutual development business agreement on the 13th at Siheung City Hall.
[Photo by Seo-gu]

Through this agreement, the two cities pledged to strengthen a cooperative relationship based on mutual respect and trust, and promised to ▲benchmark administrative best practices and share information ▲enhance administrative service quality through active exchanges between the city and district ▲actively cooperate and support policies of common interest.

Kim Yi-gang, head of Seo-gu, said, “Siheung has made a remarkable leap as K-Siheung City, a representative city of South Korea beyond Gyeonggi Province, by promoting large-scale projects such as lifelong education, bio, and marine leisure. I will closely observe and study the growth and transformation process of the city through Mayor Im Byeong-taek’s young leadership, the administrative innovation capabilities of public officials, and the active participation of residents to find ideas and momentum for the development of Seo-gu.”

Im Byeong-taek, mayor of Siheung, said, “The two cities, which have already established ties through the National Child-Friendly Cities Council, are expected to take a step further to learn from each other’s strengths and develop a win-win relationship through cooperation.”

After the signing ceremony, Mayor Kim and Seo-gu officials visited Siheung ABC Happy Learning Town, a center for culture, arts, and lifelong education, and the Turtle Island Marine Leisure Cluster to benchmark Siheung’s excellent policies and held meetings with related personnel.

Meanwhile, the two cities are leading the establishment of child-friendly cities by local governments as the chair and vice-chair cities of the UNICEF Child-Friendly Cities Promotion Local Government Council.

Seo-gu is pioneering child-friendly projects reflecting ESG values for the first time nationwide, while Siheung is focusing on activating global exchanges along with the country’s first directly operated child center and the construction of regional child centers.

Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Shin Dong-ho baekok@asiae.co.kr

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