- First among local governments nationwide to produce tourism promotion webtoon targeting China, achieving 21.5 million cumulative views on China's Kuaishou - Gaining popularity as actual travel-format tourism information webtoon tailored for local women in their 20s and 30s
- to reduce illegal waste dumping by foreigners and encourage smooth waste disposal - parallel notation in English, Chinese, etc., including volume-based bag names, disposal times, items, penalty regulations - currently applied in 25 cities and counties or scheduled for application
- Identifying suspected drug-dependent patients among inpatients, linking high-risk patients to treatment and rehabilitation services, etc.
- From local currency discount partner stores to good shops that promote mutual prosperity with neighbors. Available at various locations - Additional discount benefits at partner stores from 1-10%...Siheung Barajee Market, Saenghwal Ssok. Yongin Deux Ranches Bakery recommended
- Gyeonggi Province announces results of investigation into KakaoT dispatch favoritism - Comparative analysis of call numbers for two months before and after pilot operation date between KakaoT Blue Taxi operation and non-operation areas - Average 29.9% decrease in dispatch calls in operation areas, with maximum 49.52% decrease in Guri area
- Concrete development of new industrial innovation clusters and third-phase new towns to establish 'industrial diversification foundation for strengthening regional resilience' - Creation of citizens' park near Anyang Yeonhyeon Village and new/renewable eco-friendly complex to realize 'sustainable urban spaces centered on people and environment' - Expanded public rental housing supply for low-income groups, customized happy housing provision to implement 'universal residential welfare for ordinary citizens' - Expansion of public development profit return system to residents, strengthened crackdown on unfair real estate transactions to strengthen 'real estate public interest functions for fair society' - Infrastructure building for crime prevention, green remodeling project implementation to create 'safe and pleasant living environment'
- Gyeonggi Province selected 2 locations each in 27 cities and counties including Suwon and 1 location in Hanam - diverse spaces including 21 parks, 15 road spaces, 12 public open spaces, 7 river spaces
34 projects (76%) selected over five years (2017-21), projects on 'smooth course'...total project cost of 1.215 trillion won (province budget 96.6 billion won)
Preparing 'reasonable institutional improvement measures in organization and personnel fields'…legislative amendments and recommendations to central government ministries, immediate improvements Organization field: Supporting 'strengthened expertise' in cities and counties through expanded local assembly specialized committee members, raised establishment standards for departments and bureaus Personnel field: Minimizing administrative vacancies from unfilled positions through additional examinations, expanding education participation for enhanced civil servant competency
Mayor Gwak Sang-wook of Osan City is making a presentation at the Mokmingwan Club. (Photo=Osan City) [Suwon Daily=Reporter Seo Dong-young] Mayor Gwak Sang-wook of Osan City presented innovative administration cases using big data at the '7th Regular Forum' held on the 21st at La Casa Hotel in Gwangmyeong City, hosted by the Hope Institute Foundation (Director Jung Ji-kang) and the private-sector 7th term Mokmingwan Club. The forum was attended by 18 heads of local governments across the nation and approximately 160 related government officials, covering big data application in Osan City, Seoul Gangdong-gu, and Seo-daemun-gu
'2018 Gyeonggi Province Content Industry Statistical Survey' results… Based on 2017, total sales of 23.6754 trillion won. Total of 126,126 content industry workers in the province… 10,000 more than previous year
Gyeonggi Province is stepping up public-private cooperation activation. (Photo=Gyeonggi Province Office) [Suwon Daily=Reporter Jang Kyung-hee] Education to enhance competency for public-private cooperation committee members from Gyeonggi Province and cities and counties will be held at 'Imagination Campus' in Suwon. This education was prepared to activate the cooperation network through experience accumulation and trust building in public-private cooperation cases. Accordingly, on three occasions—December 2, 3, and 6—education targeting 18 provincial public-private cooperation committee members and 75 public-private cooperation committee members from Yongin, Ansan, Pyeongtaek, and Gwangmyeong cities will be
Council composed of seven cities: Ansan, Bucheon, Hwaseong, Pyeongtaek, Siheung, Gimpo, and Gwangmyeong Governor Lee Jae-myung: "We will combine forces to develop tourism resources...the center of the Republic of Korea"
Gyeonggi Province urban railway network construction plan routes. (Data=Gyeonggi Province) [Suwon Daily=Reporter Kim A-hyun] A plan for constructing an urban railway network with a total length of 105.2 km connecting Gyeonggi Province has been established. Gyeonggi Province announced on the 12th that the 'Gyeonggi Province Urban Railway Network Construction Plan' established by the province received approval from the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport on the 10th and will be announced this week. The nine approved routes represent a validity re-examination of the nine urban railway routes that Gyeonggi Province had established in 2013
A live peace talk show commemorating the one-year anniversary of the '4.27 Inter-Korean Summit' and 'Panmunjom Declaration' will be held on the 22nd at Gwangmyeong City Civic Hall with approximately 600 residents and others in attendance under the theme 'Connecting Hope, Embracing Peace.' This talk show, aimed at exploring Gyeonggi Province and Gwangmyeong City's peace cooperation policy directions and desirable inter-Korean exchange and cooperation methods and gathering residents' opinions, will be hosted by Roh Jeong-ryeol, a comedian known for his administrative exam background and Gyeonggi Province public relations ambassador, with Lee Jong-seok
850 won higher than the minimum wage announced by the Ministry of Employment and Labor
Gwangmyeong City and Korea Railroad Corporation (Korail) agreed to prepare special measures for KTX Gwangmyeong Station activation and promote active cooperation through mutual collaboration. ▲(Left) Mayor Yang Ki-dae of Gwangmyeong City (Right) Korail President Hong Soon-man commemorative photo after agreement signing On the 22nd, Mayor Yang Ki-dae of Gwangmyeong City signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Korail President Hong Soon-man at KTX Gwangmyeong Station to enhance convenience of KTX Gwangmyeong Station use and activate the station area. Main agreement details include △direct connection between KTX Gwangmyeong Station and Sadang Station
On the 16th afternoon in the briefing room of Gyeonggi Province Government Office, Oh Byeong-kwon, Director of Planning and Coordination at Gyeonggi Province, is holding a press conference regarding the third supplementary budget compilation. Gyeonggi Province compiled a third supplementary budget of 22.3086 trillion won and submitted it to the Gyeonggi Province Assembly on the 16th afternoon. This represents an increase of 2.5189 trillion won compared to the second supplementary budget of 19.7897 trillion won. The province explained that in compiling this supplementary budget plan, it placed the greatest weight on revitalizing the regional economy through job creation
Namyangju City Good Morning Award (1st place), Gwangmyeong City·Gapyeong County Next Award (2nd, 3rd place), Dongducheon·Hwaseong City Creative Award (4th, 5th place), Osan·Paju City Innovation Award (6th, 7th place) Namyangju City's 'Slow Life Gourmet Tourism' project won the Good Morning Award, the final grand prize at the 2016 Next Gyeonggi Creation Audition (special adjustment grant public recruitment project) conducted by Gyeonggi Province with 40 billion won in special adjustment grants. Namyangju City will accordingly receive support of 7 billion won in special adjustment grants. Gyeonggi Province
The 'Local Government Autonomy and Decentralization Council,' composed of local governments with shared vision for realizing local autonomy, took its first step. On the 22nd, mayors, county commissioners, and district chiefs from 23 local governments across the nation held a founding general assembly at Siheung ABC Happy Learning Town in Siheung City and officially launched. On this day, the council adopted a statement through which it will △urge the central government to improve laws and systems related to local autonomy and decentralization △discover and nurture leaders who understand the role of local governments △conduct joint research on local governance and decentralization △local self-governance and
Fifteen heads of basic local governments from Gyeonggi Province belonging to the Democratic Party of Korea released a joint statement opposing provincial budget investment in the Nuri Curriculum. Mayor Lee Jae-myung of Seongnam and Mayor Yu Young-rok of Gimpo held a press conference on the 13th afternoon in the conference room of the National Assembly Members' Hall and criticized the government, stating 'passing the government's responsibilities to local governments violates the principle of division of affairs between the state and local governments.' Additionally, Gyeonggi Province plans to first shoulder the Nuri Curriculum budget to ensure a fundamental solution is
Gyeonggi Province announced on the 10th that it will recruit 326 ninth-grade social welfare staff. This includes 255 general positions, 20 for persons with disabilities, 19 for low-income individuals, and 32 part-time positions. Part-time positions involve working 20 hours per week and 4 hours per day, with the ability to select work hours according to job characteristics and individual needs. By city and county: Suwon 25, Goyang 30, Seongnam 11, Yongin 17, Bucheon 12, Ansan 17, Namyangju 18, Anyang 9, Hwaseong 25,
The Gyeonggi Province Mayors and Heads of Counties Association held the 6th regular meeting of the private-sector 6th term on the 9th at Gwangmyeong Cavern in Gahak-dong, Gwangmyeong City, and discussed 10 agenda items including recommendations for amendments to the Local Finance Act. The 22 mayors and heads of counties attending the meeting agreed to submit to the National Council of Mayors, Heads of Counties and Heads of Districts a local finance law amendment bill that would exempt local subsidies included in supplementary budgets from review by the local subsidy deliberation committee. The current Local Finance Act requires local governments to conduct deliberation for all local subsidy budgets when compiling
Gyeonggi Province announced on the 29th that it will increase by one unit and operate the 'Mobile Job Bus' from next year. The 'Mobile Job Bus,' introduced by Gyeonggi Province in 2012, operates with four employment counselors aboard, traveling to various locations within the province where job demand is high to provide employment support services. As the province has secured one additional bus, it plans to operate one bus each in the south and north of Gyeonggi Province. One Mobile Job Bus covers Gwacheon, Gwangmyeong, Gunpo, Bucheon, Suwon…
By 2017, integrated information including bus arrival times will be provided in all 21 regions within Gyeonggi Province where village buses operate. Gyeonggi Province will provide integrated village bus information services in eight cities including Yongin, Anyang, Namyangju, Paju, Siheung, Guri, Hanam, and Gwacheon starting from next month, then expand to Seongnam and Gwangmyeong in October, and Uiwang and Yangju in December, it was announced on the 27th. Next year, Goyang, Bucheon, Hwaseong, Gunpo, and in 2017, Suwon, Uijeongbu, Pyeongtaek, Gimpo, and Osan will continue to be…
The Gyeonggi Small and Medium Business Comprehensive Support Center will recruit small and medium-sized enterprises in the province to participate in the '2015 G-Design Development Support Project' by the 20th. This project provides 'one-stop design support service' where design experts from specialized companies or universities systematically assist small and medium-sized enterprises from consulting on needed product or brand design to development and commercialization. The support targets for this project are small and medium-sized enterprises located in seven cities including Suwon, Goyang, Gwangmyeong, Gunpo, Osan, Hanam, and Yangju
Uiwang City announced on the 27th that it received the highest grade SA rating in the evaluation of private-sector 6th term national basic local government heads' pledge implementation plans conducted by the Korea Manifesto Practice Headquarters. Uiwang City received evenly high scores in each field by publicly disclosing detailed pledge contents, resident communication status, specificity of disclosed information, communication efforts, and comprehensive roadmaps in this evaluation. This pledge implementation plan evaluation targeting 226 basic local governments nationwide evaluates the comprehensive composition of pledge plans and
Gyeonggi Province announced on the 17th that it has requested 1.8845 trillion won in government funding to promote current projects. Vice Governor Park Su-young attended the Local Finance Consultation Meeting hosted by the Ministry of Strategy and Finance held at the Administrative Support Center in Sejong City on the 15th, explained major pending projects, and made this request. Vice Governor Park and provincial senior civil servants presented 35 pending issues across 4 sectors: 9 projects in economic budget, 8 in social budget, 10 in administrative budget, and 8 in overall budget, requesting government funds of 1.088 tri…
In the 2014 evaluation of small library policies in Gyeonggi Province municipalities, Bucheon was selected as the top-performing institution. Gwangmyeong, Uijeongbu, and Anyang were rated as excellent, while Siheung was selected as an encouraged institution. This evaluation used indicators including whether municipalities enacted support ordinances for small libraries, conducted actual condition surveys and guidance inspections, participated in provincial policies, and the content of small library support. Bucheon, selected as the top-performing institution, has implemented book collection support, installation of signboards for private small libraries, and support for small library operators and volunteers…
Yongin won the grand prize in the '2014 Gyeonggi Province Housing Administration Excellence Municipality Evaluation.' The Gyeonggi Province housing administration evaluation is conducted annually to enhance the credibility of housing administration and promote public convenience by inspecting housing administration conditions in municipalities throughout the province. Yongin, which won the grand prize this year, received high scores by promoting projects such as the 'weekend farm partnership project' to activate apartment community activities and the 'certified excellent management office director certification system.' Namyangju and Suwon were selected for…
