Gwacheon City Ranks #1 Nationwide in Management Performance Category of Korean Local Autonomy Competitiveness Index for Second Consecutive Year

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Yu Je-sung] Gwacheon City ranked first nationwide in the management performance category of the "2025 30th Korean Local Autonomy Competitiveness Index (KLCI) Analysis," receiving the highest evaluation for the second consecutive year.

The Korean Local Autonomy Competitiveness Index, organized by the Korea Public Autonomy Research Institute, is an annual indicator that evaluates the comprehensive competitiveness and sectoral competitiveness of 226 local autonomous entities nationwide. The analysis is conducted using 88 indicators and 250 detailed data points based on the previous year's official government statistics.

Gwacheon City scored 323.1 points out of 400 in the management performance category, which is one of the evaluation divisions including management resources, management activities, and management performance. This is a 10-point increase from the 313 points recorded by Gwacheon City in the previous year.

The city received consistently high evaluations across population vitality indicators such as population growth rate and number of births, economic vitality indicators such as the proportion of research and development and information technology-related business establishments, and overall public safety indicators including regional safety grades.

This result is analyzed as reflecting the flow of progressively strengthened urban growth foundations, as companies in the IT, biotechnology, and pharmaceutical sectors and research and development functions have established themselves centered around Knowledge Information Town. With expanded company relocation, the vitality of the local economy is increasing, and an industry structure focused on research and development is being stably formed.

Additionally, the city implements childbirth and childcare support and living environment improvements in line with the population growth trend, maintaining overall urban vitality. The city systematically manages overall public safety from residential safety including fire, traffic, and crime to infectious disease response, continuing to provide a city environment where residents can feel secure.

Mayor Shin Gye-yong said, "This result reflects management and supervision of overall city operations as an objective indicator," and added, "The city is enhancing the completeness of administrative operations centered on areas directly connected to residents' lives."