- Mayor Lee Jae-jun's suspension of duties following registration as preliminary candidate for June 3 nationwide local elections - Acting Mayor Kim: 'Please carefully ensure all projects are implemented without delay'
- Suwon R&D Science Park development site designated and announced as urban development district, project enters main phase - Relaxation of regulations in deteriorating Suwon Hwaseong historical and cultural environment preservation zone - First steps in development project for 'Suwon Film City Regeneration Innovation District' languishing for 20 years
- Collaborative agency division...case of 'revitalizing tourism facilities with SNS short-form content for 120,000 won with 300,000 views!' - recognized for content creation at minimal cost of approximately 120,000 won and generating high promotional effects relative to cost
- Total score of 102.95 points…16.88 points higher than national basic local government average of 86.07 points - Tourism reception capacity index 106.65 points, tourism consumption index 123.18 points - Even growth in tourists, tourism consumption, and tourism infrastructure, leap as South Korea's representative tourist city
- By next year, green city project to be pursued with total investment of 50 billion won in 9㎢ of western Suwon area - By 2030, reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 40% compared to 2018…equivalent to planting 10 million trees - Pursuing 'Carbon Neutral Village, Gosaek' project…creating 'Green Plaza' 'Green Road' and 'Green Wall Path'
- routes 300, 301, 900, and metropolitan buses 7770, 7780 increased frequency during rush hours - adding 10 additional vehicles until water crisis alert is lifted, operating 26 additional trips per day
- Suwon Special City holds 'Suwon Visit Year Short-form Contest - Suwon, Seen Anew' - Applications accepted until June 3, winners announced June 30…Grand Prize 1.5 million won, Best Prize 1 million won, Excellent Prize 500,000 won
- '2026 King Jeongjo and Hyegyeongung Hong Ssi Selection Competition' scheduled for June 7 at Hwaseong Haenggung Plaza in Suwon - Selected citizens to take on major roles in the 2026 King Jeongjo Royal Procession Suwon section and serve as global festival ambassadors for 'Suwon Year of Visits'
- 2023 vision declaration of 'Hundred-Year Plan for Pet Dogs to Become Manner-conscious Citizens (Manner Dogs)' - 2024 'Manner Dog Certification System' introduced...30 dogs certified by last year, 32 dogs completed educational certification - Manner dogs allowed entry to 6 public offices, designated operation of '2026 Green Hands Suwon Abandoned Animal Adoption Rest Center', etc.
- Analysis by Gyeonggi Research Institute shows Suwon's 'Sleek Zone Index' at 83.1%, ranked 1st in Gyeonggi Province...province-wide average 30.4% - Among 391 valid grids in Suwon, 63 are 'prime locations', 262 are average...24 more prime grids than the 2nd-ranked city - 'Prime location' areas show 88.5% monthly/yearly lease transaction rate...16 times higher than vulnerable areas (5.5%)
- Total debt for last fiscal year at 317.2 billion won...down 74.2 billion won (19%) from previous year's 391.4 billion won - Last fiscal year debt at 142.8 billion won...down 62.6 billion won (31%) from previous year's 205.4 billion won - Per capita debt last year at 120,000 won...down from previous year's 172,000 won and 2023's 231,000 won, declining yearly
- Suwon Long-term Care Support Center holds communication discussion with Long-term Care Institution Association to discuss long-term care policy improvements - President Lee Young-in: 'Will actively promote various support measures including establishment of Long-term Care Day to provide high-quality care services'
- 1,578 vehicles including 1,400 passenger cars and 178 freight vehicles...applications accepted from May 11 - Subsidy recipients selected in order of vehicle delivery and registration...applications accepted until budget depleted
- Approximately 220m section from 34 Hwaseo-mun-ro to 47 Shinpung-ro in Haenggung-dong...1 p.m. to 5 p.m. - City deploys on-site management personnel, systematically implements traffic control and pedestrian safety management
- '2026 First Half Thoroughly Captured', operating for 100 days from January 15 to April 24...civil petition intake closed, management ongoing - 915 civil petitions received...256 in safety and traffic, 235 in roads and construction, 143 in urban and environment sectors in order - Plans to operate for 100 days in second half and expand proactive administration based on citizen participation
- 904 households selected as 2026 'Sae-bit House' support beneficiaries - Total subsidy scale for 904 selected households at 4.269 billion won - Home repair projects commence and midpoint inspections May-September...completion inspections scheduled July-October
- First basic local government to establish national-level dedicated artificial intelligence organization, 'AI Smart Policy Bureau' - Artificial intelligence policy vision: 'Realizing an inclusive and innovative, tangible and trusted AI basic society' - Launches 'Suwon Artificial Intelligence (AI) Task Secretary' service to utilize generative AI throughout administration
- City, Suwon Alley-type Shopping District Association, Suwon Urban Corporation, and Suwon Urban Foundation conclude business agreement - Strengthening resource circulation cooperation between commerce and region…laying foundation for carbon-neutral green city
- Intensive management of long-term parking, freight vehicle parking, and abandoned vehicles at Hyohaeng Park; related departments discuss improvement measures - District Chief Lee Il-hee: 'Will improve the usage environment of Hyohaeng Park and create changes citizens can feel'
- Utilizing specialized facilities and equipment including video, audio, and radio studios at the Media Center, directly experiencing content production process - Operating twice weekly on Wednesdays and Saturdays through October...up to 20 participants per session
- City concludes agreements with 7 institutions and promotes Suwon Sunshine Power Plant project - Joint participation of citizens, society, organizations, businesses, and public institutions to establish and operate solar power plant, sharing profits with citizens - Suwon Sunshine Power Co., Ltd. established by October...construction of Suwon Sunshine Power Plant planned from November through June next year
- Gyeonggi Province designated Suwon Haengridan-gil area as 'Regional Coexistence Zone' in January, first nationwide - Suwon declared 'Local Commercial District Protection City, Suwon' in May 2024...promoting 5 key tasks and 60 detailed projects - Sae-bit Sale Festa established as Suwon's representative consumption festival...implementing 'Distribution Facility Quantity Control System' to create healthy distribution ecosystem
- Suwon holds 2026 First Half Proactive Administration Excellence Case Competition - 5 excellent cases selected, 2 collaborative agency excellent cases selected
- City declared 'Book City' on March 30 for talents responding to artificial intelligence...'Book City Suwon Vision Declaration Ceremony' held - Villages, schools, and libraries, expanding good reading environments and customized programs...smart reading, lifelong reading, everyday reading - City operates 23 public libraries...holding total of 3.09 million books, last year library usage by citizens 4.3 million, circulation 3.13 million books
- City holds '2026-2027 Suwon Visit Year by-department promotion status report meeting' - First Vice Mayor Kim Hyun-soo, "Suwon Visit Year is a core project that all departments must collaborate on and promote together"
- Memorial week for Gyeonggi Province's 12th anniversary of Sewol Ferry disaster from 13th to 19th, commemorating the value of residents' lives and safety - Memorial flags hoisted and banners installed at South and North government offices, online memorial hall operated on Gyeonggi Province website
- Korean Manifesto Practice Headquarters-led 4th year evaluation of 8th popularly-elected administration exceeds 90 points total - City promotes total of 90 promise projects (50 promise projects, 40 hope projects) - 'Suwon New Suwon Committee' monitors and evaluates implementation of 8th popularly-elected administration promise projects
- Complex and difficult civil petitions, field-oriented civil petition core window that takes responsibility and resolves issues - Veteran civil servants directly handle civil petitions...increasing citizen satisfaction with successive awards and benchmarking - 'Citizen Satisfaction' score 96.15 points...expanding field-oriented service policy
- Suwon Sae-bit Civil Service Center veteran team leaders including Kim Young-deok, Kim Nam-hyun, and Gu Won-seo - Assisted Choi Yun-han seeking earnest record of father's activities during lifetime, officially confirmed father's records - 'Paying attention to citizens' smallest voices and practicing warm administration'
- Composed of life innovation policies providing substantive benefit to citizens' lives - ▴Citizen living expense reduction policy ▴Citizen living environment improvement policy ▴Local government innovation leadership policy - Suwon Sae-bit Care, Sae-bit Civil Service Center, Sae-bit Talk-Talk, Suwon Sae-bit Living Expense Package, Suwon Enterprise Sae-bit Fund, Sae-bit House, Sae-bit Suwon Palm Garden, etc.
