Hwaseong Selected as Outstanding Municipality in Ministry of Interior and Safety's "Korea Renewal" Campaign

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Park Chan-hyeok] Hwaseong Special Municipality has been selected as the most outstanding municipality in the basic local government category among 243 nationwide local governments in the evaluation for the "Korea Renewal" campaign led by the Ministry of Interior and Safety, the city announced on the 30th.

The Korea Renewal Campaign is a nationwide environmental sanitation campaign implemented for the first time this year to enhance the national image and improve residents' living environment ahead of the APEC Leaders' Meeting and the Chuseok holiday.

The evaluation was conducted as a comprehensive assessment of environmental sanitation activities and their ripple effects across all cities, counties, and districts nationwide, and Hwaseong was selected as the most outstanding municipality for conducting the finest environmental sanitation activities in the inaugural campaign.

In particular, the city received high marks for excellence across all aspects of environmental sanitation, including △promoting large-scale environmental sanitation activities △expanding participation from citizens and volunteer organizations △promoting field-based sanitation activities reflecting local characteristics △and continuously operating the campaign.

Following the Korea Renewal Campaign held in September at Gungpyeong Port, the city led extensive sanitation efforts with the participation of 29 eup-myeon-dong administrative divisions, citizens, and volunteer organizations, and promoted a citizen-participatory environmental sanitation culture in connection with intensive cleaning weeks.

In accordance with the recognition as an outstanding municipality, the city secured 100 million won in special transfer tax, and plans to utilize these funds for future environmental sanitation and living environment improvement projects.

Director of Environment Oh Je-hong stated, "The selection as an outstanding municipality is the result of citizens and local volunteer organizations conducting active environmental sanitation efforts together," and added, "We will continue to promote environmental sanitation activities together with citizens and create a clean and dignified urban environment."