Uiwang City Wins '2026 Korea's Best Management Award' in Regional Development Category

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Yu Je-seong] Uiwang City received the honor of winning the regional development category at the '2026 Korea's Best Management Award' ceremony held on the 23rd at the Grand Ballroom of The Plaza Hotel in Jung-gu, Seoul.

The 'Korea's Best Management Award,' hosted by the Chosun Ilbo and sponsored by the Ministry of Finance and Economy, Ministry of Science and ICT, Ministry of Employment and Labor, Ministry of Health and Welfare, and Ministry of SMEs and Startups, is awarded to companies, institutions, and organizations that have achieved sustainable development through customer-oriented management.

At this award ceremony, Uiwang City was highly recognized for driving dynamic changes and growth across diverse sectors including major urban development projects, expansion of railway networks, education, welfare, culture and arts, and job creation.

The city is currently actively promoting six urban development projects in collaboration with LH: Gocheon District, Chopyeong District, Wolam District, Cheongye 2nd District, Uiwang-Gunpo-Ansan 3rd New City, and Ojeonwanggok District. Additionally, the city is promoting without delay the Indeokwon-Dongtan Line and Wolgot-Pangyo Line double-track electrified railway, as well as the GTX-C line's Uiwang Station stop project, improving transportation conditions throughout the city.

In particular, major pending issues that citizens have long awaited are producing tangible results one by one, and various policies for improving quality of life are bearing fruit in sequence.

First, the Uiwang Culture and Arts Center, a long-cherished 20-year aspiration of cultural and arts practitioners, began construction in February 2024 and is progressing smoothly toward completion in the latter half of this year.

Additionally, Naesson Combined School and Baekunho Lake Combined Elementary and Middle School opened last year and this year respectively, and the Uiwang General Hospital, a long-held aspiration of citizens, held its groundbreaking ceremony in April this year and is being actively promoted.

Concurrently, the city is successfully operating the 'Career Guidance Counseling Center' and 'Mathematics Clinic Center,' implementing differentiated educational policies unique to Uiwang City, and has expanded the foundation for a healthy city by creating 22 barefoot walking paths, including a clay loam path, to promote citizen health improvement and leisure activities.

In addition, the city has opened 'Baekunho Lake Park,' creating a new landmark visited by citizens and tourists, and has established a solid welfare system through 'free bus rides for seniors,' 'welfare card support for seniors aged 80 and above,' and expansion of 'healing spaces' and 'short-term residential facilities' for people with disabilities.

Going forward, through the operation of the 9th term of the mayor's administration, the city plans to further strengthen the city's self-reliant functions and continuously promote policies in areas closely related to citizens' lives, such as culture, welfare, and health.

Mayor Kim Sung-je said, "This award is a meaningful result of receiving recognition for Uiwang City's development achievements accomplished together with our citizens," and added, "Building on the achievements we have accumulated so far, I will work even more vigorously with our citizens so that Uiwang City can be reborn as 'the most livable city in the nation by 2030.'"