Chilgok-gun Wins 'Grand Prize' in Gyeongbuk Province Basic Local Government Evaluation for 'Job Creation'

The Grand Prize Goes to Yeongcheon City and Uiseong County... "Promoting Differentiated New Projects Tailored to Local Conditions"

Gyeongbuk Provincial Government Office

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Choi Jae-ho] Gyeongbuk Province held an awards ceremony on the 23rd at the provincial government multipurpose hall for 11 cities and counties that achieved excellent results in the '2020 Job Creation City and County Evaluation.'

The Grand Prize was awarded to Chilgok-gun, the Excellence Award to Yeongcheon-si and Uiseong-gun, and the Merit Award to Gimcheon-si, Yeongju-si, Gyeongsan-si, Cheongdo-gun, Seongju-gun, Gyeongju-si, Mungyeong-si, and Yecheon-gun, respectively.

Gyeongbuk Province holds this annual awards ceremony to share job policy directions among the 23 cities and counties within the province, discover and spread good job policies tailored to the local conditions and characteristics of each city and county.

The evaluation criteria consist of 13 items across 8 categories, including job (employment) indicators, efforts to create good jobs, discovery of excellent job-creating companies, outstanding cases of social enterprise activation, and outstanding cases of youth employment and start-up activation.

Chilgok-gun, which won the Grand Prize, was recognized for successfully implementing mid- to long-term employment stability job policies linked to the economy and industry through projects such as the 'Employment Stability Preemptive Response Package Support Project' and the 'Industrial Complex Major Renovation Project.'

Lee Cheol-woo, Governor of Gyeongbuk Province, emphasized, "Next year, we will continue to implement unique and innovative job policies differentiated for Gyeongbuk that respond to industrial conditions and environmental changes," adding, "Since good jobs are created by companies, we will do our best to attract investment and enhance the competitiveness of local companies."

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