Gwangju Buk-gu Wins Excellence Award for 3 Consecutive Years at the 'Manifesto Competition'

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Yukbong] Buk-gu, Gwangju Metropolitan City (Mayor Moon In) announced on the 13th that it received the Excellence Award in the climate and environment category at the ‘2021 Manifesto Best Practice Competition’ hosted by the Korea Manifesto Practice Headquarters.

The Manifesto Best Practice Competition is held to evaluate whether local government heads are fulfilling their promises to residents well and to discover and spread excellent pledges and policy cases nationwide.

This year, out of a total of 376 cases submitted by 156 basic local governments, 209 cases were selected for the final competition.

Buk-gu won the Excellence Award with the case of ‘Buk-gu-type Hope Green New Deal Adding Green to the City Center,’ marking its third consecutive year being selected as an excellent local government.

In particular, it received high praise for successfully establishing the foundation of a carbon-neutral city by building various natural disaster prevention systems using 4th industrial technology, and implementing policies such as eco-friendly manufacturing innovation in industrial complexes and spreading eco-friendly energy at the village level to reduce fine dust and achieve low carbon emissions.

Mayor Moon In of Buk-gu said, “I am very pleased that the achievements in the key areas of district administration, from urban regeneration and safety autonomy to climate environment, have been recognized as best practices for three consecutive years,” adding, “We will continue to listen more closely to the voices of 430,000 residents and do our best to take Buk-gu to the next level.”

Meanwhile, Buk-gu was named the local government that best keeps its promises to residents by receiving the highest grade (SA) for two consecutive years in the nationwide basic local government heads’ pledge fulfillment evaluation hosted by the Korea Manifesto Practice Headquarters in May.

Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Yukbong bong2910@asiae.co.kr

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