Hwaseong City Receives Top Award for 'Proactive Administration Best Practices' from Gyeonggi Province

[Suwon Ilbo=Choi Ki-ho] Hwaseong City has won the top award for the second consecutive year at the 2023 Gyeonggi Province Proactive Administration Best Practices Competition, following its 2022 victory, for introducing the nation's first 'Smart AI School Zone Pedestrian Safety System to Prevent Traffic Accidents Involving Children.'

At the main competition held on the 8th at the Dasan Hall of the Gyeonggi Province Human Resources Development Institute, six cities and counties that passed the first and second preliminary rounds competed, with Hwaseong City securing the top award and earning the qualification to participate in future preliminary rounds of the Proactive Administration Competition hosted by the Ministry of the Interior and Safety.

The 'Smart AI School Zone Pedestrian Safety System to Prevent Traffic Accidents Involving Children' is a system that installs AI CCTV and safety barriers at crosswalks in front of elementary schools and conducts real-time monitoring and remote management from the Traffic Information Center. Through the adoption of centralized AI digital technology, the system detects jaywalking and unpredictable sudden behaviors of children and was created for the purpose of preventing traffic accidents involving children in advance.

Meanwhile, Hwaseong City was highly evaluated for spreading and establishing a proactive administration culture within the civil service by operating a Proactive Administration Committee, introducing a proactive administration pre-consultation system, and providing incentives to outstanding civil servants. The city was selected as a '2022 Proactive Administration Excellence Organization' by the Ministry of the Interior and Safety in March.

Hwaseong Mayor Jung Myeong-geun stated, "This award is the result of our civil servants actively thinking about and improving inconveniences faced by citizens in the field," and added, "Going forward, we will work with all civil servants with one heart and one mind to pursue proactive administration and strive to improve the quality of life of Hwaseong residents."