Hwaseong Special City Stepping Up Implementation of 'Integrity Special City'

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Park Chan-hyuk] Hwaseong Special City held the first meeting of the ‘the Integrity Council’ comprised of high-ranking civil servants of director general level and above on the 25th at the City Hall central conference room, with Mayor Jung Myung-geun serving as head.

The ‘the Integrity Council’ was established to enable high-ranking civil servants to lead by example in creating an organizational culture of integrity and to secure momentum for promoting integrity measures.

This meeting was held to continuously express institutional heads' (high-ranking public officials') strong commitment to integrity practice and to discuss preventive measures and integrity policies with significant external effects.

At the meeting chaired by Mayor Jung Myung-geun, results of analysis from the previous year's comprehensive integrity evaluation were shared, and improvement measures for corruption-vulnerable areas were discussed.

Additionally, a comprehensive promotion plan for improving integrity in 2025 was confirmed, creating an opportunity to strengthen the foundation for anti-corruption integrity initiatives.

Key promotion measures in the comprehensive promotion plan for improving integrity in 2025 include △regular operation of the ‘the Integrity’ council (four times every two months) △implementation of mutual respect and integrity practice pledges △operation of ‘Integrity Connection’ challenge △customized integrity education operations △enactment of basic ordinances for improving integrity and preventing corruption, among others.

Separately, through 2025 integrity activity evaluation, the city plans to manage the performance of all departments and all employees through a ‘public official self-management system’ and to commend excellent departments and civil servants by reflecting weighted scores of BSC performance evaluation common indicators.

Mayor Jung Myung-geun stated, "We will strictly punish misconduct and apply a zero-tolerance principle to strengthen penalties for civil servants with misconduct," and added, "In line with the launch of the special city, we will do our utmost to eradicate misconduct within public service and establish an integrity culture to meet citizens' expectations."