Pyeongtaek Receives Excellence Award from Ministry of Interior and Safety at 18th Korean Local Government Management Competition

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Jung Jun-sung] Pyeongtaek received the Excellence Award, the Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy Award, at the awards ceremony of the "18th Korean Local Government Management Competition" held at Busan BEXCO on the 10th, which featured outstanding policies from each local government.

The "Korean Local Government Management Competition," jointly hosted by the Ministry of Interior and Safety and the Korea Ilbo, selects and awards outstanding policies from metropolitan and basic local governments across the nation.

Pyeongtaek was recognized for its achievements in contributing to regional economic revitalization and establishing an innovative investment attraction system through industry-academia-research-government cooperation, including the creation of industrial complexes where businesses and citizens coexist, the attraction of world-class enterprises to establish new growth engine industries, efforts to identify business challenges and resolve regulations, and active promotion of investment attraction for quality capital and businesses.

In particular, it is understood that Pyeongtaek's recognition stems from its possession of an optimal business environment and industrial infrastructure backed by Pyeongtaek Port, Gyeonggi Province's only trading port, and its well-connected transportation network, as well as its efforts in regional economic revitalization and expansion of quality jobs through fostering competitive businesses via customized support.

A city official stated, "Going forward, we will raise awareness of Pyeongtaek as a city with excellent infrastructure for doing business and prepare firmly for a new leap toward 'Pyeongtaek, the World's Semiconductor Capital,'" and added, "We will do our best to attract numerous investment companies in the excellent advanced materials sector that can serve as the foundation for this."