One Year into Office, Lee Jae-myung Administration Earns "Good Job" Rating from 6 out of 10 Gyeonggi Residents

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Hong Sung-gil] Six out of ten Gyeonggi Province residents gave the Lee Jae-myung administration "good job" rating (60%) as it marks its first year in office under the seventh elected term.

The province conducted a "provincial policy survey" on provincial governance operations for the first year of the seventh elected term, surveying 1,000 Gyeonggi residents aged 19 and above. The results showed that the administration received consistently high evaluations across all age groups and regions, as announced on July 1st.

Regarding future provincial governance, seven out of ten residents responded that it will "do better than now" (70%), demonstrating high expectations from Gyeonggi residents toward the seventh elected term.

When asked about priority policy areas for the second year of the seventh elected term, life-cycle-based welfare policies ranked highest at 20%, followed by ▲economic and job creation policies (16%) ▲transportation policies (12%) ▲environmental policies (10%) ▲real estate policies (10%), and others.

Major projects implemented during the first year of the seventh elected term also received high scores.

The project that scored highest was the "24-hour Doctor Helicopter program," with nine out of ten residents responding that the operation of emergency medical-dedicated doctor helicopters equipped with specialized emergency medical equipment is being handled well.

Following this, ▲installation of CCTVs in operating rooms at Gyeonggi Provincial Medical Centers ▲overdue payment management units ▲supply of 200,000 public rental housing units ▲postpartum care cost support ▲fine dust reduction policies also received responses that over 80% of residents believe these are being handled well.

Policies closely related to residents' lives and economy and welfare, including ▲public construction project cost disclosure policy ▲full introduction of accounting systems for childcare centers ▲semiconductor cluster inducement ▲free school uniforms for middle school students ▲Seoul Metropolitan Highway naming revision, also received high support ranging from 65% to 79%.

In particular, regarding the "Gyeonggi Local Currency," which began full issuance starting April 1st to revitalize alleyway commerce and local economies, 49% of respondents gave positive evaluations, 35% gave negative evaluations, and 15% responded "don't know" or gave no response.

Kwak Yun-seok, the public relations and planning official who oversaw the survey, stated, "Since 70% of residents anticipate that future provincial governance will do better than now, the province's key projects will be able to proceed with strong support," and added, "In the second year of the seventh elected term, we will do our best to ensure that Gyeonggi Province becomes a place that provides strength to residents' lives through continuous implementation of fair policies."

The survey was commissioned by Gyeonggi Province to K-Stat Research, Inc., a polling research agency, and was conducted via telephone interviews with 1,000 Gyeonggi residents aged 19 and above from June 15-16. The sampling error is ±3.1%p at a 95% confidence level.