Gwangju Buk-gu Wins ‘Best Award’ for Two Consecutive Years in National Local Government Job Competition

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Yukbong] Buk-gu, Gwangju Metropolitan City (District Mayor Moon In) announced on the 4th that it won the grand prize, the highest award, among autonomous districts in Gwangju at the '2020 National Local Government Job Awards' hosted by the Ministry of Employment and Labor held at the Government Sejong Convention Center on the 29th of last month, securing a financial incentive of 100 million won.

This Job Award is a comprehensive evaluation of job policies and job creation performance of 243 local governments nationwide. Buk-gu won the grand prize in the 'Local Job Target Disclosure System' category, which evaluates the job goals and measures during the term of the local government head.

In particular, this marks the second consecutive year winning the grand prize since the 7th local election and the honor of winning for eight consecutive years since 2013.

Last year, Buk-gu created the highest number ever of 12,522 jobs by focusing on 'field-centered jobs, tangible jobs, and jobs that communicate and cooperate with residents' as core principles, implementing financial support job projects such as direct job creation and vocational skill development training, and fostering a business-friendly environment through operating a visiting company and employment civil complaint resolution team.

Additionally, based on vivid voices from the field, various job projects tailored to local conditions and characteristics were promoted, including ▲ jobs for middle-aged people to resolve welfare blind spots ▲ operation of the Industrial Site Economic Comprehensive Support Center ▲ university town-type urban regeneration New Deal project to establish a foundation for youth startups ▲ drone industry job creation ▲ small business job protection project.

Mayor Moon In of Buk-gu said, “This award is the result of implementing job policies while communicating with the field together with regional employment governance,” and added, “We will continue to devote all efforts to recovering the livelihood economy, which has been stagnated due to COVID-19, through field-centered job policies that residents can feel.”

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