Yangju City Honors Outstanding Regulatory Reform Department and Officials in 2016

Yangju City held an awards ceremony during its December monthly briefing to recognize outstanding departments and civil servants in regulatory reform for 2016.

The outstanding regulatory reform departments included five departments such as the Department of Culture and Tourism and the Urban Planning Department. Civil servants selected as outstanding regulatory reform officials were Ji In-hwan (Administrative Grade 6) from the Department of Culture and Tourism, Cha Joo-myung (Administrative Grade 7) from the Business Support Division, and Lim Hwa-sung (Administrative Grade 9) from the Planning and Budget Division.

The selection of outstanding regulatory reform departments and officials for 2016 was determined based on departmental regulatory reform evaluations conducted in accordance with Yangju City's regulatory reform promotion plan and deliberations on outstanding civil servants. The recognition was implemented to encourage and commend the dedicated efforts of employees working to resolve inconveniences experienced by citizens and businesses due to various regulations.

In August, the Ministry of the Interior and Safety requested all local governments nationwide to significantly expand and implement regulatory reform incentives so that compensation commensurate with regulatory reform efforts could be provided to accelerate regulatory reform and achieve tangible results.

In response, Yangju City significantly expanded incentives for the five outstanding regulatory reform departments, including award bonuses and personnel bonus points for exemplary civil servants.

Yangju City Mayor Lee Sung-ho stated, "Yangju City is making significant efforts to grow into a city without regulations. We will continue to expand and implement incentives for employees working hard to resolve inconveniences faced by citizens and businesses due to various regulations."