Hwaseong City Wins Grand Prize in 'AI & Digital Sector' at '2024 Local Governance Content Awards'

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Park Chan-hyuk] Hwaseong City received the Grand Prize in the 'AI & Digital Sector' at the '2024 Local Governance Content Awards' held at the National Assembly Building's Grand Conference Room on the 27th.

This award is a result of Hwaseong City's AI-based administrative innovation initiative, which was recognized for its proactive response to the era of AI becoming commonplace.

The '2024 Local Governance Content Awards' is jointly organized by Local Governance TV, the Korea Local Government Association, and the Korea Humanities Content Association, and is sponsored by the Ministry of the Interior and Safety as well as the National Assembly's Committee on Administration and Safety. The award was created to discover and promote excellent policies and innovative cases from local governments across the nation.

The city was recognized for high achievements in △establishing the AI Strategy Division, the nation's first dedicated AI organization among basic municipal governments, laying the foundation for digital transformation and AI-based public sector projects △Korea's first AI Smart School Zone children's pedestrian safety system △AI public bus safety solutions △Korea's first large-scale AI-based civil complaint consulting assistant system △Korea's first traffic-utilizing AI-based digital road system △attracting Korea's first and largest-scale autonomous vehicle living lab city (with 74 billion won in national funding).

Hwaseong City Mayor Jeong Myeong-geun stated, "Hwaseong City is advancing toward an AI future city that solves urban problems through AI and improves citizens' quality of life," and continued, "As this award is the fruit of such efforts, I will do my best to further enrich citizens' lives, build a sustainable AI future city, and become a world-leading AI pioneer city."