Uiwang City Selects Top 10 News Stories of 2020

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Seo Dong-young] Uiwang City announced on the 29th that it has selected the "Top 10 News Stories of Uiwang City 2020," with the top two being "Support for quarantine supplies and economic quarantine initiatives to overcome COVID-19" and "Selection as the nation's No. 1 in the safety category of local government evaluation."

Uiwang City distributed hand sanitizer from neighborhood community centers to residents in the early stages of COVID-19 spread and also provided free rental of disinfection sprayers and other quarantine supplies to citizens.

Additionally, city officials directly visited approximately 7,000 business establishments in the area to distribute hand sanitizer and provide guidance on COVID-19 quarantine rules.

To revitalize the local economy affected by the pandemic, the city made all-out efforts to stimulate economic activity through customized support projects by sector, emergency welfare provision, and funding support for affected businesses.

The second-ranked story recognized that Uiwang City achieved the nation's No. 1 ranking for two consecutive years in the safety category among small and medium cities with populations under 500,000, based on analysis results of administrative service capacity in areas such as safety budget ratio and regional safety index, once again confirming its position as a safe city.

Other stories making the top 10 list included ▲Excellence rating in the Anti-Corruption Perception Index by the Anti-Corruption & Civil Rights Commission ▲Opening of Uiwang Station escalator ▲First steps toward a child-friendly city through child care infrastructure development ▲Selection as the Korea Land Ministry's Smart City integrated platform construction site ▲Creation of Obongsan Dulle-gil and Cheonggyesan Nuri-gil trails ▲Construction of Uiwang Youth e-Room youth start-up housing ▲Selection as an excellent institution for two consecutive years in local government innovation evaluation ▲Completion of Uiwang Technopark.

The top 10 news stories were selected through a survey from December 14-20 involving approximately 1,900 citizens and city officials through SNS and Uiwang City's internal electronic systems.

Uiwang City Mayor Kim Sang-don said, "Looking at the top 10 news stories selected this year, there have been many achievements and developments in various fields including health and welfare, economy, education, and transportation," and added, "I will do my utmost in 2021 to achieve good results that can capture citizens' expectations and interest."