Goyang City Wins Excellence Prize at Gyeonggi Province Low Birthrate Response Best Practices Contest

Taking the Lead in Creating a Child-Friendly City Together with the Local Community

Goyang Special City in Gyeonggi Province (Mayor Lee Donghwan) was awarded the Excellence Prize at the "2025 Gyeonggi Province City and County Best Practices Contest for Low Birthrate Response," which was held at the Gyeonggi Women Vision Center on August 1. This award recognizes the city's achievements in leading policies to address the low birthrate issue.

Goyang Special City received the Excellence Award at the "2025 Gyeonggi-do City and County Low Birthrate Response Best Policy Competition" held on the 1st at the Gyeonggi-do Women's Vision Center. Provided by Goyang Special City

Gyeonggi Province has been hosting this contest for ten years to discover and promote the spread of regionally tailored low birthrate response initiatives being implemented in 31 cities and counties within the province.

This year's contest featured six cities and counties that passed the preliminary round, with presentations delivered on-site. Goyang City presented various policy cases under the theme, "Goyang, a City Where Raising Children Is a Joy, Created Together by the Public and Private Sectors!" The city received high praise from the judges for introducing diverse initiatives to solve the low birthrate issue in collaboration with the local community.

In particular, Goyang City proposed practical and sustainable solutions to the low birthrate problem through several initiatives: the establishment of a "Public-Private Council to Overcome Low Birthrate" involving 102 organizations; the "Birth Celebration Baby Account" project; the youth networking program "Cheongchun Toktok"; securing an emergency medical system to address the pediatric emergency care gap in northern Gyeonggi; and expanding infrastructure to respond to high-risk mothers and newborns.

A city official emphasized, "The low birthrate problem is a complex challenge that cannot be solved by the efforts of individuals or organizations alone," and added, "Everyone must come together and combine their efforts to respond to this issue."

The city plans to continue discovering and implementing policies that citizens can tangibly experience in the future.

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