Bucheon City, 3rd Re-certification as a Fair Trade City... "Confirming Leading Status as a Fair Trade City"

Bucheon City in Gyeonggi Province has received the third re-certification as a Fair Trade City, continuing its status as the top Fair Trade City nationwide.

The city announced on the 30th that it received the third re-certification plaque and certificate at the opening ceremony of the "2023 Gyeonggi-do Fair Trade FortNight" held at the Suwon Convention Center on the 27th.

Since achieving the second re-certification in 2021, Bucheon has increased youth interest and participation in fair trade by operating a university student supporter program, running fair trade classes visiting elementary, middle, and high schools, and discovering and promoting sales outlets through site visits, earning high evaluations and achieving the third re-certification as a Fair Trade City.

Notably, at the event, the local children's center "Dokkaebi," affiliated with the Bucheon Citizens' Union, was certified for the first time as a fair trade practice institution, and university students Kim Hyung-bin and Kwak Chae-bin from Yuhan University, active as the third generation of university student supporters, participated as youth representatives in the fair trade practice declaration and opening performance, elevating the status of Bucheon's fair trade university student supporters.

Bucheon-si, Gyeonggi-do received the third re-certification plaque and certificate for Fair Trade City at the '2023 Gyeonggi-do Fair Trade Fortnight' held at Suwon Convention Center on the 27th.
[Photo by Bucheon-si]

Jo Yong-ik, Mayor of Bucheon, said, "The third re-certification as a Fair Trade City is the result of public-private cooperation efforts to spread fair trade," adding, "As a city standing tall in its sixth year as a Fair Trade City, we will continue to strive to establish ourselves as a leading city in fair trade through cooperation and coexistence."

Meanwhile, the Gyeonggi-do Fair Trade FortNight event will be held until the 11th of next month, with 15 local governments in the province hosting various events such as lectures and campaigns led by civic groups. Bucheon will hold the "Our Neighborhood FortNight" event on the 1st of next month at the Bucheon Social Economy Center, organized by the Bucheon Fair Trade Council, featuring presentations on practice institution activities and awards for fair trade contest winners.