Goyang City Excelling at Work, Attracts Attention with 77 Institutional Awards Last Year

Excellence in Si-Gun Comprehensive Evaluation and Various Awards
Mayor Lee Dong-hwan: "We Will Implement Administration That Citizens Can Feel"

Goyang Special City in Gyeonggi Province (Mayor Lee Dong-hwan) announced on the 8th that it received a total of 77 institutional awards (including affiliated organizations) by achieving remarkable results in various evaluations hosted by central government ministries throughout 2024.

Lee Dong-hwan, Mayor of Goyang Special City. Provided by Goyang Special City

In particular, the city was recognized for its excellent and balanced administrative capabilities across all areas of city governance, including administrative innovation, urban maintenance, jobs, economy, welfare, safety and environment, education and culture, and transportation.

The city ranked first among 10 cities with populations over 500,000 in the comprehensive city-county evaluation, a representative assessment that comprehensively reflects the administrative capabilities of 31 cities and counties in Gyeonggi Province, and was selected as the best local government.

This achievement is significant as Goyang City demonstrated its leadership in Gyeonggi Province by winning the top spot in the 2024 Government Joint Evaluation for the second consecutive year in the first group (10 cities with populations over 500,000) and also securing the double crown in the Gyeonggi Province city-county comprehensive evaluation for two consecutive years.

Additionally, the city received the main prize at the 16th Dasan Mokmin Award, hosted by the Ministry of the Interior and Safety, which is awarded to basic local governments practicing the public service spirit of Dasan Jeong Yak-yong. It also won the Prime Minister’s Award at the 2024 Korea Urban Awards, hosted by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, in recognition of its efforts toward sustainable balanced development and residents’ comfortable living.

Moreover, Goyang City attracted attention for its policy achievements aimed at sustainable balanced urban development and improvements in safety and transportation environments for residents’ comfortable lives.

The city was selected for the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport’s hub-type smart city project, a crime prevention policy, improving citizen-centered safety and transportation environments. It received excellent evaluations for operating intelligent CCTV and an integrated control center, and was selected as an outstanding local government in the comprehensive evaluation at the 2024 Korea Urban Awards, winning the Prime Minister’s Award. Furthermore, efforts to promote cycling and walking, such as the car-free street project, bicycle safety insurance for all citizens, and improvement projects in pedestrian-deprived areas, were recognized, leading to its selection as the top institution in the 2024 Sustainable Transportation City Evaluation hosted by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport.

The city also demonstrated achievements in expanding competitive and revenue-generating market-type senior jobs, providing diverse social participation opportunities amid rapid aging society.

Through the operation of market-type business groups such as Haengju Farm, Grandmother and Sewing Machine, and Senior Convenience Store, Goyang City won first place and the grand prize in the economic inequality mitigation category at this year’s National Basic Local Government Manifesto Best Practice Competition.

In addition, to respond to the serious low birthrate crisis and create a child-friendly urban environment, the city implemented customized support policies that can be felt from childbirth to child-rearing, including active financial support such as childbirth subsidies and first meeting vouchers, and launched the ‘Damoa Childcare e’ system providing various care service information from infants to children and adolescents. These efforts earned the city the grand prize in the child-friendly city category at the 2024 National Representative Brand Awards.

The city also showed results in efforts to create an environment rich in quality jobs and favorable for business management.

It received excellent evaluations for promoting Goyang’s unique and outstanding job policies such as the Goyang Customized Job School, Cheongchi Dabang, and the construction of the Tomorrow Dream Factory; promoting future industries and corporate attraction such as Goyang Ilsan Technovalley and IP Convergence Content Cluster; and promoting major tourist attractions in Goyang City. As a result, it won the Minister’s Award for the second consecutive year at the 2024 Korea Job Awards.

In the 2024 Local Regulation Innovation Performance Evaluation, the city was selected as an outstanding local government in recognition of its efforts to revitalize the local economy and improve citizens’ convenience through local regulation innovation in various fields such as operating a visiting local regulation reporting center, corporate difficulties, citizen welfare, and small business support. It also won the grand prize with the highest overall group score in the 2024 Gyeonggi Province Corporate SOS Evaluation.

As such, in 2024, Goyang Special City, having passed the midpoint of the 8th elected term, achieved many accomplishments as a result of diligently working for its citizens in various fields. The city plans to actively strive to discover excellent policies in each field next year as well, aiming to improve citizen administrative services without being satisfied with this year’s achievements.

Mayor Lee Dong-hwan of Goyang Special City stated, "The valuable achievements our city has made this year were thanks to the citizens and staff who united their efforts for the development of Goyang City," and added, "Next year, we will continue to implement citizen-centered administration that citizens can feel."

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