Uiwang City Receives Excellence Award in Gyeonggi Province Comprehensive Evaluation

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Jung Jun-sung] Uiwang City announced on the 23rd that it has received the excellence award in Gyeonggi Province's "2021 Comprehensive Evaluation of Cities and Counties," earning institutional commendation and 200 million won in financial incentives. With this award, Uiwang City has received institutional commendation for four consecutive years.

The province conducts an annual comprehensive administrative capacity evaluation of 31 cities and counties in the province on national core projects and major provincial policy initiatives.

This year's evaluation assessed performance on 98 detailed indicators across six categories: ▲government with citizens as the center ▲shared economic prosperity ▲state responsibility for personal livelihood ▲balanced regional development ▲Korean Peninsula peace and prosperity ▲major provincial policy initiatives, and others.

Uiwang City demonstrated excellent achievement rates across all quantitative indicators and, in particular, received high evaluations in its efforts to improve civil service, urban regeneration foundation building, and regulatory challenge resolution indicators, achieving the remarkable accomplishment of receiving institutional commendation for four consecutive years.

Kim Sang-don, Mayor of Uiwang City, stated, "I am very pleased that the city's excellent administrative capacity and services have been recognized externally as a result of all public officials doing their best in their respective duties." He added, "Going forward, we will communicate and empathize with citizens and create a happy Uiwang City through proactive administration and high-quality administrative services."