Hwaseong City Selected as Outstanding Municipality for Local Regulatory Innovation for Second Consecutive Year

[Suwon Ilbo=Lee Su-won Reporter] Hwaseong City received the Minister's commendation from the Ministry of Interior and Safety and 200 million won in financial incentives on the 21st at the Local Regulatory Innovation Seminar and Outstanding Municipality Awards Ceremony held at the Korea Listed Companies Association Hall in Seoul. The city was also selected as an outstanding municipality in last year's evaluation and received 300 million won in financial incentives.

The Ministry of Interior and Safety evaluates local governments across the nation based on four key indicators to strengthen local regulatory innovation capacity: △contribution to local regulatory innovation conferences, △task force (TF) operation performance, △efforts to improve central regulations, and △achievements in improving shadow and behavioral regulations.

Accordingly, 33 metropolitan and basic local governments including Hwaseong City were selected as outstanding municipalities in this evaluation, and a total of 13 billion won in financial incentives will be distributed to the selected local governments.

Hwaseong City received high evaluations for △holding "regulatory innovation promotion task force meetings" quarterly and improving central regulations, △improving shadow and behavioral regulations through benchmarking best practices, and △simplifying administrative procedures.

Hwaseong City Mayor Jeong Myung-geun said, "Regulatory innovation is a key factor in improving the quality of life for citizens and revitalizing the local economy," and added, "We will continue to make efforts to minimize inconvenience for citizens, businesses, and small business owners."