"Budget Pulled Boldly" ... Yeongju-si, Gyeongbuk, Secures 36 Institutional Awards and 51.5 Billion KRW in Public Project Funding Last Year

One-Stop Visit Civil Service Desk Presidential Citation and Other Awards Increased by 16.9 Billion KRW Compared to Last Year

Yeongju City Hall.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Gwiyeol] Yeongju City, Gyeongbuk Province, enjoyed "considerable benefits" from national and provincial government public contest projects last year despite the shadow of COVID-19.

Yeongju City announced on the 4th that it secured 36 institutional awards and 51.5 billion KRW in national and provincial government public contest projects across various fields.

Over the past year, it was selected for a total of 40 public contest projects, winning 14 awards from central government ministries, 18 from Gyeongbuk Province, and 4 from external organizations.

Among the awards were the 2021 One-Stop Visit Civil Service Window Best Institution Presidential Citation and the 2021 National Happiness Civil Service Office. In the regional industry-customized job creation support project, it was selected for an S grade by the Ministry of Employment and Labor for three consecutive years since 2019. From the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, it also won the Urban Regeneration Industry Expo Grand Prize and the 2021 Safety Culture Award (Ministry of the Interior and Safety).

From Gyeongbuk Province, it received awards such as the Best Award in Civil Service Administration Performance Evaluation, the Best Award in the Saemaul Undong City and County Comprehensive Evaluation, the Best Award in Fruit Industry Promotion Policy Evaluation, the Best Institution in Architectural Design, and the Excellence Award in Agricultural Food Export Policy City and County Evaluation. It was also selected as an excellent institution for five consecutive years in the comprehensive evaluation of forest resources.

The UN Habitat Fukuoka Headquarters, which has held an international landscape-related awards program annually since 2010, recognized Yeongju for exemplary achievements in urban landscape creation. The Samgakji Village in Yeongju won the main prize at the Asia Urban Landscape Awards, gaining global recognition as a city.

In the public contest project sector, last year Yeongju secured a total of 40 projects?24 from central government ministries and 16 from Gyeongbuk Province?securing approximately 51.5 billion KRW in national and provincial funds, an increase of 16.9 billion KRW from the previous year.

Among these, 13.3 billion KRW was allocated for building manufacturing support infrastructure for the advanced bearing national industrial complex, and 13 billion KRW for establishing production infrastructure for high-strength lightweight material surface treatment for transportation equipment, totaling 26.3 billion KRW for Yeongju.

The Bearing Workforce Training Innovation Support Project received 1.2 billion KRW, and the Healing Yeongju-themed planned contest-type regional tourism development project linked with Confucian tourism resources secured 7.8 billion KRW. Additionally, 2.9 billion KRW was allocated for the Yeongju Station Area Parking Tower construction, 2 billion KRW for the renewable energy convergence support project, and 1.2 billion KRW for smart city solution expansion projects such as smart bus stops.

Mayor Jang Wook-hyun of Yeongju said, "Serving administration has led to good results in public contest projects," and expressed his New Year's resolution, "We will continue to carry out administration that communicates with citizens."

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