Hwaseong-si Wins Grand Prize in AI and Digital Category at 'Local Autonomy Content Awards'

Hwaseong City in Gyeonggi Province announced on the 27th that it received the 'AI·Digital Division' Grand Prize at the '2024 Local Autonomy Content Awards' held in the main conference room of the National Assembly Members' Office Building.

This award is held to discover and spread excellent policies and innovative cases of local governments nationwide. It is jointly organized by the Korean Local Autonomy Association, the Korean Humanities Content Association, and Local Autonomy TV, and sponsored by the Ministry of the Interior and Safety and the National Assembly's Administration and Security Committee.

The city explained that it received the award due to its highly evaluated AI-based administrative innovation efforts to proactively respond to the era of AI becoming part of daily life. Hwaseong City was the first among basic local governments nationwide to establish a dedicated AI organization, the AI Strategy Division, and set up systems for digital transformation and AI-based public sector project implementation.

Along with this, the city was recognized for outstanding achievements in ▲the nation's first AI smart school zone child pedestrian safety system ▲public bus AI safety solutions ▲super-large AI-based civil complaint consultation assistant system ▲the nation's first AI-based digital road system utilizing public transportation ▲and attracting the nation's largest autonomous driving living lab city project (with 74 billion KRW in national funding).

Jung Myung-geun, Mayor of Hwaseong City, said, "We will do our best to enrich citizens' lives and build a sustainable future city to become a world-leading AI city."

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