Hwaseong City Wins Top Prize at the National Local Government Job Awards

Mayor Jeong Myunggeun:
"We Will Strive to Create High-Quality Jobs and Ensure Employment Stability"

Hwaseong City in Gyeonggi Province has been selected as an outstanding local government for job creation for the fifth consecutive year.

At the National Local Government Job Awards ceremony held on the 30th of last month, Jeong Myunggeun, Mayor of Hwaseong (right), is taking a commemorative photo after receiving an award from Kim Younghun, Minister of Employment and Labor. Provided by Hwaseong City

Hwaseong City announced on the 1st that it received the top prize in the public announcement category at the "2025 National Local Government Job Awards," which was hosted by the Ministry of Employment and Labor on September 30 at the Osco Grand Ballroom in Cheongju, North Chungcheong Province.

With this award, the city has set a record by winning for five consecutive years, following the Excellence Award in 2021 and 2022, and the Special Award in 2023 and 2024.

This award is presented annually to outstanding local governments that have developed region-specific job policies and business models tailored to local characteristics, with the aim of discovering and widely sharing exemplary local job creation policies.

The Local Job Target Public Announcement System is a program in which local governments autonomously establish job targets and measures suited to their regional characteristics, publicly announce them to residents, and have their performance evaluated.

The city received high marks for its efforts in the following areas: maintaining sustainable rural and fishing communities and creating region-specific jobs; overcoming the risk of population decline in western Hwaseong; revitalizing local employment through customized job support; responding to digital transformation, carbon neutrality, and the green economy; creating sustainable jobs amid industrial structural changes; ensuring high-quality jobs and protecting labor rights; and establishing a dedicated organization for industrial safety.

Jeong Myunggeun, Mayor of Hwaseong, stated, "We will continue to do our best to create high-quality jobs and ensure employment stability that citizens can truly feel."