Ansan City Wins Top Prize in Jobs and Economy at Local Government Administration Awards for Second Consecutive Year

Work experience opportunities for 670 young people
Progress in advanced industries and commercial district revitalization
Employment rate reached 62.6% in the second half of last year
Up 1.4 percentage points from a year earlier

Ansan, Gyeonggi Province, won the top prize in the local government category for jobs and economy at the 2026 Korea Local Government Administration Awards. This marks its second consecutive win, following last year.

Ansan Mayor Lee Min-geun (center) and city officials pose with the trophy and certificate to mark the city’s second consecutive grand prize in the Jobs and Economy category at the 2026 Korea Local Government Administration Awards. Photo courtesy of Ansan City.

Ansan City, led by Mayor Lee Min-geun, said on November 13 that it received the National Assembly Public Administration and Security Committee Chairperson's Award, the top prize in this category, at an awards ceremony held on November 10 at the Baekbeom Kim Gu Memorial Hall in Yongsan-gu, Seoul. The city said its "Linking Administration" approach, which connects youth work experience and startup support with advanced industry development and policies to revitalize commercial districts, received high marks.

The city provided 670 young people with work experience through its youth internship program and administrative experience training. It supported startups through Youth Cube and a youth startup competition, and was selected as an outstanding institution for the fourth consecutive year under the Youth Challenge Support Program.

In the industrial sector, Ansan Science Valley (ASV) was designated as part of the Gyeonggi Free Economic Zone, while the Banwol and Sihwa National Industrial Complexes were selected as pilot industrial complexes for artificial intelligence transformation (AX). The city trained industrial workers through the Robot Vocational Training Center and the Vocational Education Innovation District, while operating the Commercial District Revitalization Foundation and expanding its tailored employment support services.

Ansan's labor force participation rate was 65.3% and its employment rate was 62.6% in the second half of last year. These figures rose by 2.1 percentage points and 1.4 percentage points, respectively, from the same period a year earlier.

Ansan Mayor Lee Min-geun said, "This second consecutive win is a meaningful achievement recognizing Ansan's innovative efforts to create jobs for residents and energize the local economy. We will continue to pursue our 'Linking Administration' approach, connecting people, industry, and the future, so that residents who come here in search of jobs can settle in the region and dream of a better future."

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