Gwangyang-si Selected as an Excellent Institution for Local Regulatory Innovation by the Ministry of the Interior and Safety in 2021

Honored with Excellence Award in Field Regulation Challenges and Maintenance, Institution Commended and Special Grant Secured

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Heo Seon-sik] Gwangyang City, Jeollanam-do announced on the 13th that it was selected as an excellent institution in the 2021 Ministry of the Interior and Safety's local regulatory innovation evaluation by key areas, receiving a commendation from the Ministry of the Interior and Safety and financial incentives.

The Ministry of the Interior and Safety selects excellent institutions by key areas to strengthen the momentum of regulatory innovation and to discover, share, and spread outstanding achievements and cases of regulatory innovation.

The evaluation covered a total of four areas: COVID-19 response and local economic revitalization regulatory improvement, resident participation-type regulatory innovation, on-site regulatory difficulty discovery and maintenance, and autonomous ordinance maintenance.

Gwangyang City was honored as an excellent institution in the on-site regulatory difficulty area by operating a 'Visiting Regulatory Report Center,' discovering and improving practical difficulties faced by companies and unreasonable regulations and system improvement matters, and by continuously proposing legal improvements to resolve difficulties of waste collection and transportation businesses that could not enter industrial complexes.

This year, the city actively improved and proposed 76 cases of unreasonable regulations and system improvement matters to the central government ministries and the Small and Medium Business Ombudsman Regulatory Difficulty Report Center to resolve corporate regulations and difficulties.

Kim Bok-deok, Director of Planning and Budget Office, said, "This achievement is the result of visiting company sites directly to listen to difficulties and discovering and seeking unreasonable regulations despite the difficult situation caused by COVID-19."

He added, "We will continue to actively work to discover various unreasonable regulations that hinder citizens' daily lives and the business activities of small business owners and companies, so that citizens' inconveniences and corporate difficulties can be alleviated even a little."

Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Heo Seon-sik hss79@asiae.co.kr

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