Gyeongbuk Province Achieves Nationwide 1st Place for 2 Consecutive Years in Government Joint Evaluation's 'Policy Excellence Case' Category

Positive Reviews in the Fields of 4th Industrial Revolution, Low Birthrate, and COVID-19 Response

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Choi Jae-ho] Gyeongbuk Province (Governor Lee Cheol-woo) announced on the 28th that it ranked first nationwide in the '2021 Government Joint Evaluation Qualitative Assessment' (policy excellence cases, provincial category) jointly conducted by 24 government ministries.

Following last year, Gyeongbuk Province once again took first place this year, setting a historic record as the best for two consecutive years since the qualitative evaluation began.

Although it had remained at the bottom in the joint evaluation (qualitative assessment category) until before the launch of the 7th local government administration, Gyeongbuk Province objectively received recognition from the government for the administrative capabilities of the Lee Cheol-woo administration by ranking third in 2019, first last year, and first again this year, the province self-assessed.

The government joint evaluation is conducted by central ministries to assess the performance of major national policies carried out by local governments throughout the year. This year, the evaluation was conducted on a total of 103 evaluation indicators through a joint evaluation team (99 members) and mutual verification among cities and provinces.

Gyeongbuk Province's policy excellence cases recognized in the government evaluation include ▲Next-generation battery recycling project (2019?23, 40 billion KRW) ▲Electric vehicle used battery resource circulation cluster (2021?24, 47 billion KRW) ▲Expansion of Gyeongbuk-style village care centers ▲Promotion of the enactment of the Special Act on Population Extinction (collaboration between Gyeongbuk and Jeonnam)

▲Repairing the Hope House for descendants of independence activists ▲Promotion of the construction of the Gyeongbuk National Veterans Nursing Home (40 billion KRW), among others.

Additionally, in the COVID-19 response excellence cases selected directly by the public, 'Gyeongbuk, COVID-19! Fought well!! Will overcome well!' was chosen. Although it faced the COVID crisis first, it received praise for proactively overcoming it with Gyeongbuk's differentiated strategy.

The unprecedented support of 1.7 trillion KRW, the largest special management fund for small and medium-sized enterprises nationwide, and the nationwide first implementation of the small business card fee support project (post-COVID) were cited as successful cases of overcoming the COVID crisis.

Meanwhile, the Ministry of the Interior and Safety plans to provide a total of 16 billion KRW in financial incentives differentially to high-performing cities and provinces and promote excellent cases nationwide.

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