Suncheon City Wins Awards in 70 Categories from External Organizations Last Year... Demonstrating Excellent Administrative Capability

Prioritizing Citizen Happiness in Municipal Administration

[Suncheon=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Hyung-kwon] Suncheon City in Jeollanam-do announced on the 13th that it secured about 320 million KRW in financial incentives by achieving excellent results in a total of 70 external agency evaluations, including those by the central government and Jeollanam-do last year.

Major achievements include awards in the general administration sector such as ▲Grand Prize in Sustainable Transportation City Evaluation ▲Excellence Award in Building Administration Evaluation ▲Best Award at the 20th National Resident Car Expo ▲Excellence Award for Rapid Execution in the First Half of the Year ▲Excellence Award in Social Economy Promotion Case Evaluation ▲Top Award in Jeollanam-do Population Policy Evaluation.

In particular, Suncheon achieved an A grade in the nationwide basic local government mayor’s pledge fulfillment and information disclosure evaluation conducted by the Korea Manifesto Practice Headquarters, recognizing the execution capability of pledge projects and transparency in the promotion process.

In the culture and tourism sector, the city reaffirmed its status as a cultural tourism city by being selected as a ▲Non-face-to-face Safe Tourism Destination ▲Selected for the Korea Tourism 100 for five consecutive times from 2021 to 2022 ▲Excellence Award for Outstanding Open Tourism Sites ▲Selected as a Lifelong Learning City for the Disabled in 2021.

In the health and welfare sector, Suncheon received awards such as ▲Excellent Institution in Basic Pension Contribution Evaluation ▲Excellence Award for Community Integrated Care Service ▲Triple Crown in Community Social Security Plan Excellence Awards ▲Excellence Award in Gwangju-Jeonnam Cancer Management Project Evaluation, reflecting high recognition for its demand-centered, experiential welfare policies.

Additionally, the city received various awards including ▲Re-certification of the National Happiness Civil Service Office ▲Excellence Award in Agricultural Product Distribution and Agro-food Business ▲Excellence Award in Comprehensive Rural Development Project Evaluation ▲Grand Prize in Forest Administration Comprehensive Evaluation ▲Best Award for Urban Forest Best Practices ▲Top Award in City and County Outdoor Advertising Business, receiving favorable evaluations across diverse fields.

The Suncheon-style Rights Movement, promoted since last year, received ▲Excellence Award at the Good Local Autonomy Policy Competition ▲Excellence Award at the 3rd Governance Local Politics Awards ▲Grand Prize at the Korea Good Policy Competition, recognized as a representative case of overcoming crisis by solidarity and cooperation with 280,000 citizens amid the difficulties caused by COVID-19.

Over the past four years, the city has received a total of 240 institutional commendations in various external agency evaluations, including the 8th Productivity Award and the Presidential Award for Contribution to Informatization Development, and successfully hosted Korea’s three major expos: the Balanced Development Expo, Urban Regeneration Expo, and Lifelong Learning Expo, demonstrating excellent administrative capabilities and achievements in key projects.

These achievements are the result of Suncheon City’s proactive response to government and external agency policies, earning solid and high-level administrative recognition in various fields externally, and it is regarded as emerging beyond Jeollanam-do’s top city to become an icon of Korean administration.

A city official stated, “Despite the difficult conditions due to COVID-19, we prioritized citizen happiness and actively promoted various policies, achieving these results,” adding, “This year, we plan to focus on daily recovery and revitalization of the local economy and do our best to operate city administration that citizens can feel and trust.”

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