Uijeongbu City Holds Regular Senior Committee Meeting to Discuss Policies for a Super-Aged Society

Uijeongbu City in Gyeonggi Province held the "Uijeongbu City Senior Committee Regular Meeting" on the 10th in City Hall's Hoeryong Hall, with about 30 people in attendance, including members of the Senior Committee and related public officials.

On the 10th, participants posed for a commemorative photo at the regular meeting of the Uijeongbu City Senior Committee held in Hoeryong Hall at City Hall. Provided by Uijeongbu City.

The "Uijeongbu City Senior Committee" was established in July 2022 to reflect the wisdom and experience of older adults in the city's major policy decisions, and it has been holding regular meetings twice a year, in the first and second half.

The meeting proceeded in the following order: a report on senior welfare projects for 2026 and presentations of proposals for senior welfare policies. Attendees exchanged opinions on the projects and policies, and engaged in in-depth discussions on potential problems that could arise during project implementation and possible improvement measures.

At the end of last year, Uijeongbu City entered a super-aged society, with the population aged 65 and older exceeding 20% of the total population. Currently, the senior population stands at 93,707, accounting for 20.3% of the total population.

In response, the city is receiving policy proposals in various fields such as social participation, employment, health, and leisure for older adults through the Senior Committee, which is composed of citizens aged 60 and older and experts, and is actively reflecting these proposals in municipal administration.

Co-Chair Won Daesik said, "We will work even harder to ensure that the Senior Committee becomes a body that understands the hearts of older adults and communicates with them from their point of view."

Meanwhile, the Uijeongbu City Senior Committee has been proposing various policies through regular and extraordinary meetings and on-site visits to senior welfare projects. Based on these efforts, seven projects have been reflected in municipal administration, including support for older adults who collect recyclable waste, the launch of muscle exercise programs for those with mobility difficulties, strengthened education on responding to digital crimes targeting older adults, and the distribution of identification tags for older adults with memory problems.

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