Junsung Kim, Mayor of Yeonggwang County, Receives Local Autonomy CEO Award of the Year

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Jeon Seong] Kim Joon-sung, the mayor of Yeonggwang County, received the Local Autonomy CEO Award of the Year.

According to Yeonggwang County on the 24th, at the 2020 Local Autonomy CEO Selection Ceremony held at the Seoul Air Force Officers' Club the previous day, Mayor Kim received the CEO Award in the county-level local government category among 82 counties nationwide.

Mayor Kim was highly evaluated for proactively implementing various birth-friendly policies, achieving the highest total fertility rate in the nation last year (2.54), establishing the e-mobility industrial base, creating resident-participatory solar power plants, and building a large-scale wind power system demonstration complex.

Through these efforts, it is regarded that he laid the foundation for revitalizing the local economy through regional balanced New Deal by fostering the renewable energy industry.

The selection ceremony was conducted with strict social distancing due to COVID-19, with individual awards presented separately to each recipient.

Mayor Kim Joon-sung said, “I am very pleased and honored to be selected as this year’s Local Autonomy CEO chosen by local government officials nationwide. I will continue to work tirelessly to create a happy Yeonggwang for all residents.”

Meanwhile, the Local Autonomy CEO of the Year, hosted by the Korea Public Autonomy Research Institute, is the first and best award for local government heads in Korea, selected by direct voting of local government officials nationwide, and this year marks its 9th anniversary.

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