Hwaseong City Ranked No. 1 in National Local Government Competitiveness Evaluation 2017

Hwaseong City has been selected as the most competitive local government nationwide in the 2017 22nd Korean Local Government Competitiveness Index (KLCI) survey.

The city achieved 3rd place in the management resources category and 3rd place in the management activities category, securing the overall 1st place ranking.

The survey, conducted annually by the Korea Institute of Public Administration (KIPA) on 226 basic municipal governments nationwide, was calculated based on 95 total indicators across three categories: management resources, management activities, and management performance, including economic active population, finance, industry, education, culture, and welfare.

In particular, the indicators were evaluated objectively based on approximately 247,700 pieces of data extracted from government official statistics including the National Statistical Yearbook, the Fiscal Yearbook, and the Transportation Yearbook.

In this survey, Hwaseong City was found to excel in other local governments in areas including commercial district area, local tax revenue growth rate, fiscal self-reliance rate, and building permit area.

The city opened Season 2 of the Creative and Intelligent Education City last year and opened the first doors of the school complex facility "Ieumteo" this year, evolving into a massive community of village education.

Additionally, the city has opened "Hwaseong Dream Park," Asia's largest youth baseball stadium, at Maehyangri, which had been used as a U.S. Air Force bombing practice range for the past 55 years. The city has also expanded its elderly job program "Nono Café," hosted the "2017 Gyeonggi Province Sports Festival," been designated a women-friendly city, and achieved a two-time win at "Red Dot," one of the world's three major design awards.

Chae In-seok, Mayor of Hwaseong, stated, "This is the result of all citizens and civil servants working with one heart for regional development," and added, "Going forward, we plan to implement Hwaseong-style policies for the happy lives of citizens in various fields beyond economic growth, including education and culture."