Suncheon City Wins Excellence Award in Jeonnam Province's 2024 Birth Promotion and Population Policy Competition

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Hyung-kwon] Suncheon City (Mayor Heo Seok) received the "Excellence Award" at this year's "Jeollanam-do Birth Promotion and Population Policy Evaluation" held yesterday at the Jeonnam Provincial Office.

This evaluation was conducted in two categories: birth promotion for local governments and village/business sectors.

Suncheon City was highly praised in the birth promotion category for expanding support and criteria for multi-child families, as well as diversifying cultural and welfare benefits, earning the Excellence Award.

Additionally, Munseong Village in Juam-myeon received the Excellence Award for its differentiated efforts to overcome population issues, recognized for operating a village community platform and village enterprises under the project "Together 100·100·100," which aims to attract 100 residents who want to live healthily until 100 years old with a monthly income of 1 million won.

A Suncheon City official stated, "In a situation where rural population issues such as local extinction are serious, we will continuously promote policies that enable coexistence between urban and rural areas based on ecology and education to create momentum for population inflow, and discover birth promotion policies that citizens can feel, striving to fundamentally overcome population problems."

Meanwhile, Suncheon City's population has steadily increased, reaching 282,618 as of the end of last month, ranking it as the third largest city in Honam after Gwangju and Jeonju.

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