Gyeonggi Province Governor Lee Jae-myung Receives '2021 Consumer Rights Promotion Award'

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Park No-hoon] Governor Lee Jae-myung of Gyeonggi Province has been selected as a recipient of this year's 'Consumer Rights Promotion Award' organized by the Korean Council of Consumer Organizations.

According to Gyeonggi Province on the 15th, Governor Lee received the 'Consumer Rights Promotion Award' at the 7th 'Consumer Rights Promotion Award' ceremony held at the International Conference Room of the National Federation of Banks in Myeong-dong on this day in commemoration of 'World Consumer Rights Day'.

The Korean Council of Consumer Organizations is a council composed of 11 consumer groups including the Consumer Education Central Council, Korean Women Consumer Union, and Korean Consumer League, and was established in 1976.

Each year, the council selects national assemblymen and local government leaders who have played significant roles in protecting consumer rights and securing consumer sovereignty, and presents the 'Consumer Rights Promotion Award'.

Governor Lee Jae-myung of Gyeonggi Province said, "Gyeonggi Province will continue to make greater efforts to strengthen consumer rights protection and enhance damage relief support in preparation for increased uncertainty due to COVID-19 and the full-scale implementation of the Fourth Industrial Revolution based on data."