Uiwang City Wins "2025 Korea's Best Management Award" in Regional Development Category

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Park Chan-hyuk] Uiwang City received the honor of winning the Regional Development category at the "2025 Korea's Best Management Award" ceremony held at the Grand Ballroom of The Plaza Hotel in Jung-gu, Seoul on the 16th.

The "Korea's Best Management Award" is presented by the Chosun Ilbo and sponsored by the Ministry of Science and ICT, Ministry of Employment and Labor, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Ministry of SMEs and Startups, and Ministry of Gender Equality and Family to enterprises, institutions, and organizations that contribute to customer-oriented management and sustainable development.

Uiwang City was highly evaluated for driving dynamic changes and development across diverse sectors including major urban development projects and subway projects, as well as education, welfare, culture and arts, and job creation.

The city is currently actively pursuing six urban development projects with LH Housing & Urban Development Corporation, including the Gocheon District, Chopyeong District, Wolam District, Cheonggyae 2nd District, Uiwang-Gunpo-Ansan 3rd New City, and Ojeon-Wanggok Districts. Additionally, subway projects are being simultaneously promoted in the Uiwang Station area, including the Indeokwon-Dongtan Line and Wolgot-Pangyo Line double-track railway, as well as GTX-C Line service to Uiwang Station, fundamentally transforming the city's railroad transportation environment.

In particular, since the launch of the 8th civilian-led administration, long-held wishes of citizens have been gradually resolved, and various projects to improve citizens' quality of life are being successfully promoted, increasing citizen satisfaction with city administration.

Following the groundbreaking in February last year of the "Uiwang Cultural Arts Center," a 20-year aspiration of cultural artists, the city broke ground on the Indeokwon-Dongtan and Wolgot-Pangyo double-track railway projects in August, garnering significant interest from citizens who have long desired subway service.

Additionally, the "Baekun Lake Elementary-Middle Integrated School" held its groundbreaking ceremony in October last year and is proceeding with construction targeting a March opening next year. In June, the city finally held a signing ceremony for the comprehensive hospital construction project, a long-held aspiration of citizens, marking the beginning of full-scale work.

Support projects in various sectors are also being actively pursued. In the education sector, the city is successfully operating the △Uiwang Career Guidance Consultation Center △Uiwang Mathematics Clinic Center △Youth Smart Health Management Program, while in the childcare sector, it is implementing △six additional Community Care Centers △postpartum care subsidies and maternal health manager support programs.

In the healthy living sector, the city is promoting △17 barefoot walking trails △free herpes zoster vaccination support for vulnerable health populations, while in the welfare sector, it is implementing various programs including △free bus passes for seniors △Senior Healthy Living Plus Program △three disability healing retreat centers.

Mayor Kim Sung-je stated, "Uiwang City is a central metropolitan city with beautiful natural environment and well-established wide-area road networks," and added, "Building on the achievements accomplished so far, I will stride forward more vigorously with citizens so that Uiwang City can emerge as 'the most desirable city to live in across the nation by 2030.'"