Hwaseong Special City Receives Commendations for 2025 Local Regulatory Reform Achievement

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Jung Jun-sung] Hwaseong Special City received a commendation from the Minister of Interior and Safety in the organizational division and Lee Yun-hee, Chief of the Hyohang-gu Care and Welfare Division, received a commendation from the Prime Minister in the individual division at the Ministry of Interior and Safety's '2025 Government Commendation for Local Regulatory Reform Achievement.'

The awards ceremony was held on the 22nd in the main conference hall of the Civil Services Building at the Government Complex in Sejong, with regulatory innovation officials from local governments nationwide in attendance to present awards to outstanding local governments and merit recipients in the local regulatory reform sector.

The city was selected as an excellent institution for the seventh consecutive year in the '2025 Local Regulatory Innovation Performance Evaluation,' securing an incentive of 100 million won. Additionally, the city achieved excellent results in the regulatory innovation best practices competition sponsored by the Ministry of Interior and Safety and Gyeonggi Province, earning the organizational division commendation from the Minister of Interior and Safety.

Lee Yun-hee, Chief of the Hyohang-gu Care and Welfare Division, who received the Prime Minister's commendation in the individual division, was recognized for contributions to the selection of the city as an excellent local regulatory innovation institution and to achievements in Gyeonggi Province's regulatory innovation best practices competition. In particular, she actively promoted field-centered regulatory innovation including the discovery of theme-based regulations related to investment projects and the operation of 'Mobile Local Regulatory Reporting Centers.'

Acting City Mayor Yun Sung-jin said, "This award is the result of all departments working together for regulatory innovation that citizens and businesses can experience at the field level," and added, "We will continue to actively discover and improve unreasonable regulations and consistently pursue effective regulatory innovation that helps resolve citizen inconveniences and invigorate the local economy."