Pyeongtaek City Wins 'Regional Development Award' at 'Korea Local Autonomy Management Awards'

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Lee Su-won] Pyeongtaek City won the Regional Development Award at the '2024 29th Korea Local Autonomy Management Awards' held on the 9th, hosted by the Korea Institute for Public Administration.

The Korea Local Autonomy Management Awards, established in 1996, is a prestigious award given to local governments that have demonstrated outstanding achievements in various fields. Recipient organizations are selected through comprehensive evaluation of first-stage quantitative assessment, second-stage qualitative assessment, and resident satisfaction surveys conducted by professional research teams.

Pyeongtaek City received high scores for efforts to create a livable urban environment and secure future growth engines, including △expanding green spaces through urban forests and parks △urban regeneration projects for balanced development of new and existing city centers △selection as a semiconductor specialized complex for the nation's advanced strategic industries △selection as a future-type integrated transit center △operation of Pyeongtaek Port hydrogen transport complex base △inducement of an integrated performance evaluation center for future vehicle electronic components △development of Pyeongtaek Lake tourism complex.

In particular, the city received positive evaluation for its urban aesthetic improvement projects, including cleanup of illegal advertisements and nighttime landscape creation projects and themed murals reflecting local distinctive characteristics, as well as its efforts for local revitalization through community support projects and support for alley commerce activation.

Meanwhile, with this award, the city has received the award a total of eight times, including the overall award in 2018.

Pyeongtaek Mayor Jung Jang-seon stated, "I would like to thank the 640,000 citizens of Pyeongtaek and public officials for their trust and support in municipal administration that enables us to continue delivering excellent results at this prestigious awards ceremony," and added, "We will continue to concentrate all administrative capabilities to create a Pyeongtaek City where citizens are happy and where people can live well."