Nizhny Novgorod Delegation Visits Suwon for Policy Study

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Seo Dong-young] A delegation from Nizhny Novgorod, Russia, Suwon's sister city, visited the city for a policy study program from the 16th to 18th.

A group of six members, including Vladimir A. Panov, Mayor of Nizhny Novgorod, and Deputy Mayor in charge of IT technology, inspected the Suwon City Safety Integration Center (advanced technology), Haenggung-dong Ecological Village (citizen participation), Paldal Senior Welfare Center (senior welfare), Resource Recovery Facility (waste management), Gwanggyo Ecological Environment Experience Education Center (environmental education for citizens), and Suwon World Cup Stadium (facility management).

On the 18th, they discussed plans for exchange and cooperation between the two cities at Mayor Yeom Tae-young's office. Mayor Yeom and Mayor Panov agreed to "strengthen cooperation in various fields based on the friendly relationship maintained for 14 years, and actively explore policy exchange and cooperation measures in particular."

Mayor Yeom said, "Suwon is a city leading in various policies including environment, advanced technology, welfare, and citizen participation. I hope Suwon's advanced policies will be beneficial to Nizhny Novgorod's city governance." He added, "Let us grow together and continue our friendship through extensive exchange and cooperation."

Mayor Panov responded, "Thank you for reflecting our city's policy study requests. I want to study Suwon's advanced cases and apply them to city governance."

The Nizhny Novgorod delegation visited Suwon Convention Center on the same day to observe the "2019 Gyeonggi Science Festival & 16th Suwon Information Science Festival," toured Hwaseong Haenggung Palace, and departed on the 19th.

Nizhny Novgorod, which established a sister city relationship with Suwon in June 2005, is a major city with a population of 1.25 million. It is the hometown of Russian literary giant Maxim Gorky (1868–1936) and the venue for the 2018 Russia World Cup match between South Korea and Sweden. The two cities have maintained active exchanges and cooperation since establishing the sister city relationship.