Yongin City Wins Excellence Award at '1st Local Administrative Innovation Awards'

[Suwon Ilbo=Choi Ki-ho Reporter] Yongin Special City announced on the 26th that it received the excellence award at the '1st Korean Local Autonomy Association Local Administrative Innovation Awards' hosted by the Korean Local Autonomy Association.

The Korean Local Autonomy Association has established and operated the 'Local Administrative Innovation Awards' beginning this year to commend local governments that have demonstrated outstanding achievements in the development of local autonomy.

The main evaluation criteria include timeliness and effectiveness of innovation cases, innovativeness and creativity, sustainability and acceptability, and cost rationality and efficiency.

Yongin City received high scores for its contribution to the development of local autonomy by presenting the slogan 'Future Built Together, Yongin Renaissance' and proposing innovative visions for semiconductor industry development.

The city received excellent evaluations for enhancing citizens' convenience through low-cost and high-efficiency life-oriented policies and raising citizens' quality of life through Yongin Special City's differentiated administrative services, including efforts to secure national funding through increased participation in central government contests.

The awards ceremony was held on the 22nd at Soongsil University in Dongjak-gu, Seoul.

A city official stated, "We are delighted to receive the honor of the Local Administrative Innovation Award as a result of implementing innovative policies across various sectors of the eighth popularly-elected administration," and added, "Going forward, we will continue to introduce innovative policies for Yongin City's development and provide differentiated services from the perspective of citizens."