Gwangsan-gu, Gwangju Achieves Remarkable Business Results Amid COVID-19 Crisis

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Gwan-woo] Gwangsan-gu, Gwangju Metropolitan City announced on the 10th that despite the COVID-19 crisis last year, it achieved the selection of 103 government public contest projects, won 44 evaluation awards, and secured a total of 23.5 billion KRW in funding.

Since the launch of the 7th local government, Gwangsan-gu has been focusing on securing citizens' happiness and safety and revitalizing the local economy by establishing the Happiness Policy Office and expanding the Corporate Economy Division to achieve the district administration goal of ‘A Happy Gwangsan for My Life.’

Last year, while responding to the unprecedented infectious disease crisis, the district also concentrated on realizing its administrative goals and achieved significant results.

Including these achievements, Gwangsan-gu secured selection in 357 public contests and evaluations, with a total project cost of 107.4 billion KRW.

Looking at the major achievements, innovative cases such as the Economic Vaccine Meeting, Automated Screening Clinic, and Always Happy Project were discovered, leading to Gwangsan-gu being selected as an excellent institution with the highest grade in the ‘2020 Local Government Innovation Evaluation.’

Additionally, it won the grand prize in the ‘2020 Excellent Local Government Childcare Policy Evaluation’ hosted by the Ministry of Health and Welfare, which assesses the efforts and achievements of childcare policy implementation over one year.

Mayor Kim Sam-ho of Gwangsan-gu was the only basic local government head in Gwangju to receive the highest award and first-class commendation at the Democratic Party’s Chamjoheun Local Government Committee’s ‘2020 Local Government Excellent Policy Competition’ for operating the public-private-academic cooperation economic governance Gwangsan Economic Vaccine Meeting.

Moreover, remarkable financial achievements were made this year, including securing 1 billion KRW from the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport’s ‘Living-Oriented Urban Regeneration Smart Technology Support Project,’ 1 billion KRW from the Ministry of the Interior and Safety’s ‘Community Revitalization Foundation Project,’ and 4.1 billion KRW from the Ministry of SMEs and Startups’ ‘Specialized Business Establishment Project for Family Startups of People with Developmental Disabilities.’

Mayor Kim Sam-ho said, “Building on the achievements of 2020, from this year, which marks the beginning of a great transition, we will systematically respond to the demands of the times. It will take time to return to daily life through vaccination. While finding the strength to overcome these difficult times together with citizens, we will work harder with public officials to prepare measures that can meet the demands of the era.”

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