Hwaseong City Receives Certificate for 5 Consecutive Years of National Ranking #1 in Local Government Competitiveness Evaluation

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Jung Jun-sung] Hwaseong City received a certificate commemorating its achievement of ranking #1 nationally for 5 consecutive years—the first ever among 226 basic local governments nationwide—in the '2021 26th Korea Local Government Competitiveness Index (KLCI) Evaluation' conducted by the Korea Public Governance Research Institute.

The certificate presentation ceremony held on the 10th at the reception room of Hwaseong City Hall was attended by Hwaseong City Mayor Seo Chul-mo and Lee Gi-heon, President and CEO of the Korea Public Governance Research Institute.

In this evaluation, Hwaseong City scored 716.17 out of 1,000 points in overall competitiveness, achieving 5 consecutive years of national ranking #1 with a score 237.03 points higher than the national average of 479.14 points.

The Korea Public Governance Research Institute evaluated Hwaseong City as a city with enormous growth potential, citing its optimal geographic environment and superior economic conditions, with young population inflow leading to consistently high population growth rates among local governments, and with approximately 10,000 companies situated there including Hyundai and Kia Motors as well as Samsung Electronics.

The Korea Local Government Competitiveness Index (KLCI) has been conducting annual evaluations of local governments nationwide since 1996 with the goal of developing local government management indicators and measuring and utilizing regional competitiveness.