Launch of the 'Suwon Citizen Forum' to Support the Completion of Suwon Special City

Suwon Mayor Lee Jae-jun is taking a commemorative photo at the 'Special City Development Suwon Citizens Forum,' which was launched on the 5th.

On the 2nd anniversary of the launch of Suwon Special City, the "Special City Development Suwon Citizens Forum" was established.

The Suwon Citizens Forum held its inauguration ceremony on the 5th at the Suwon City Hall's medium conference room, marking its first step.

The Suwon Citizens Forum is composed of four divisions: ▲Public Relations Strategy Division ▲External Cooperation Division ▲Special System Division ▲Finance and Economy Division, as well as a "Policy Advisory Support Group" consisting of experts such as professors and researchers.

Launched with the goal of "Making the Special City truly special! Realizing a special city that citizens can feel," the Suwon Citizens Forum will engage in various activities based on four major strategies: raising current issues, expanding consensus, establishing systems, and securing financial special rights.

In particular, by holding discussions related to the special city, it will discover special authorities reflecting various citizen opinions, cooperate and connect with other special cities and related organizations to build a nationwide network. It will also prioritize discovering financial and economic special rights for the practical completion of the special city.

On this day, Suwon Mayor Lee Jae-jun presented tasks to be tackled in cooperation with civil society, including securing special city authorities (financial and administrative special rights), easing regulations in the overpopulation control zone, and constructing Gyeonggi International Airport, and urged, "Please unite your efforts to promote these three tasks through the Special City Development Suwon Citizens Forum."

He continued, "I hope you will act together with citizens of other special cities in solidarity to secure special city authorities," and promised, "I will move forward with you to secure these authorities."

Earlier, the government passed the "Local Autonomy Act Amendment" in December 2020, which designated the name "Special City" for metropolitan cities with a population of over one million, and subsequently promulgated the amendment on January 12 of the following year.

Following the provision that the law would be enforced one year after promulgation, Suwon City advanced to "Suwon Special City" on January 13, 2022, after 73 years since its promotion, opening a new chapter in local autonomy.

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