Yongin Special City Wins 2025 National Representative Brand Award

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Choi Ki-ho] Yongin Special City received the '2025 National Representative Brand Award' on the 14th.

The city received the award at a ceremony held at the Ambassador Seoul Pullman Hotel in Seoul in the city administration project category of the National Representative Brand, with its brand 'Yongin Renaissance.'

Mayor Lee Sang-il set the 8th civilian-led administration's city governance vision for Yongin as 'Yongin Renaissance: A Future We Create Together' after taking office in July 2022.

The phrase 'Yongin Renaissance: A Future We Create Together' embodies the intention to open an era of new leap and development in Yongin by gathering wisdom together with citizens, the city explained.

Under this slogan, the city is strengthening urban competitiveness based on the semiconductor industry, the core axis for realizing Yongin Renaissance.

The city is pursuing mega-scale semiconductor projects including the 'Yongin Advanced System Semiconductor National Industrial Complex' being developed by Samsung Electronics with 360 trillion won investment in Idong and Namsa-eup, Cheoin-gu; the 'Yongin Semiconductor Cluster General Industrial Complex' in which SK Hynix is investing 122 trillion won in Wonsam-myeon, Cheoin-gu; and a future research complex in which Samsung Electronics is investing 20 trillion won at its Giheung Campus.

Furthermore, the city achieved outcomes including the lifting of restrictions that had long hindered Yongin's development, such as the deregulation of the 64.43㎢ (19.5 million pyeong) Songtan Water Source Protection Zone in the second half of last year and the 3.728㎢ (1.13 million pyeong) Gyeongan Stream area Han River water system protection zone.

Mayor Lee Sang-il said, "I presented 'Renaissance,' a word encompassing revival, leap, and development, as the city governance brand with the determination to create a more livable Yongin Special City in all aspects including economy, culture, arts, and sports. This is receiving positive evaluation as it aligns with Yongin's current status, where it is taking the most leading role in cutting-edge industrial fields such as semiconductors and standing out."

The mayor said, "We will strengthen the competitiveness of the entire city through the Yongin Renaissance Project. Yongin is currently laying the foundation for its leap to become a metropolitan area with a population of 1.5 million in the future. On the occasion of this award, I will continue to work diligently with citizens so that 'Yongin Renaissance' can bloom even more brightly."