Daegu Mayor Kwon Young-jin Receives '1st Korea Local Autonomy Award' Selected by Korea Local Newspaper Association

From the left, Kang Young-wook, CEO of Daejeon Ilbo; Lee Sang-taek, President of Maeil Shinmun; Kwon Young-jin, Mayor of Daegu; Park Jin-oh, CEO of Gangwon Ilbo.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Dong-wook] Kwon Young-jin, Mayor of Daegu, was selected as the first recipient of the '2020 Korea Local Autonomy Award' and received a certificate of commendation at City Hall on the 29th.

The Korea Local Autonomy Award is given by the Korea Local Newspaper Association (President Lee Sang-taek, CEO of Maeil Newspaper) to the metropolitan government head recognized for the greatest contribution to regional development that year.

Mayor Kwon was highly recognized for his successful leadership in quarantine efforts during the COVID-19 pandemic in the region from February to March this year.

Additionally, while serving as the chairman of the Korea Association of Governors from July last year for one year, he actively worked for local decentralization and national balanced development. He also introduced deliberative democracy for the first time nationwide in the process of selecting the site for the new Daegu City Hall, neatly resolving a 15-year-old issue.

Mayor Kwon said, "I believe this award means to encourage further efforts for regional development and national balanced development through local decentralization," adding, "I dedicate the honor of this award to the citizens of Daegu who showed the great Daegu spirit despite many difficulties caused by COVID-19 throughout this year."

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