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Busan Selects 14 Outstanding Public Officials for Proactive Administration in First Half of 2026

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Busan Metropolitan City announced that it convened the Proactive Administration Committee on October 1 and finalized 10 outstanding proactive administration cases and one challenge case for the first half of 2026, selecting the 14 employees who carried out these initiatives as the “Outstanding Public Officials for Proactive Administration for the First Half of 2026.”

The City selects Outstanding Public Officials for Proactive Administration in the first and second halves of each year. Since 2020, a total of 146 officials have been selected, rewarding and recognizing achievements from proactive performance of duties and promoting a culture of proactive administration throughout the public service.

The officials selected this time actively pursued their duties by overcoming conventional practices and regulatory constraints through bold and creative problem-solving, producing results that citizens can tangibly experience. The City selected four officials for three cases in the Grand Prize category, six officials for five cases in the Excellence category, two officials for two cases in the Merit category, and two officials for one case in the Challenge category.

A total of 33 proactive administration cases were identified through nominations by citizens and departments or agencies. The final selections were made through a first-round working-level review worth 10 points, a second-round citizen-participatory online review worth 10 points, and a third-round review by the Proactive Administration Committee worth 80 points.

First, four officials representing three cases were selected for the Grand Prize.

The cases are: ① securing KRW 252.7 billion in national funding by having Busan’s long-awaited road projects incorporated into a national plan (Go Jeong-gil, Road Planning Division); ② establishing a fire safety network by introducing the nation’s first firefighting equipment specifically designed for electric buses (Fire Lieutenant Kim Yong-bo and Fire Captain Ha Myeong-su, Fire and Disaster Headquarters); and ③ becoming the first among Korea’s special and metropolitan cities to waive additional replacement costs for special city-gas meters (Kwon Hyeong-il, Future Energy Industry Division).

Six officials representing five cases were selected for the Excellence category.

The cases are: ① establishing an integrated review system that brings parks and urban planning together under a single review process (Yang Ju-hun, Parks and Recreation Policy Division); ② “Protect the Golden Time!”—establishing a proactive marine pollution response system (Kim Yun-seok, International Fisheries Distribution Facility Management Office); ③ independently developing the Command Portal, a platform for strengthening command capabilities at disaster sites (Fire Lieutenant Seo Jong-geun, Fire Service Academy); ④ establishing a standing consultation system with cardiologists based on emergency responses by 119 ambulance teams (Fire Sergeant Lee Seong-eun, Jungbu Fire Station); and ⑤ implementing a public-private collaborative support program for installing arc-fault circuit interrupters (Fire Lieutenant Choi Yu-mi, Nambu Fire Station, and Fire Sergeant Kim Tae-hui, Dongnae Fire Station).

Two officials representing two cases were selected for the Merit category.

The cases are: ① strengthening the food poisoning response system by expanding the scope of joint investigations to cover high-risk business sectors (Kim Hyeon-uk, Health and Hygiene Division); and ② implementing a pilot mobile integrated screening program for preventing infectious diseases among foreign nationals (Choi Si-yeong, Infectious Disease Control Division).

Two officials representing one case were selected for the Challenge category.

The case is “Thorough Preparations for the Opening of the Busan Independence Movement Memorial Hall” (Eom Tae-hyeon, General Affairs Division, and Curatorial Researcher Choi Ji-hyo).

The City will present all Outstanding Public Officials for Proactive Administration with a mayoral certificate, a monetary award, and additional points for policy training. In particular, depending on the category in which they were selected, the City plans to provide exceptional personnel incentives reflecting the recipients’ preferences, including special salary-step advancement, the highest performance bonus rating, and additional performance points.

The selected outstanding cases will also be developed into promotional materials, including card-style news content, and continuously publicized to help establish a culture of proactive administration throughout the public service.

Yun Jeong-no, Planning Director of Busan Metropolitan City, said, “For Busan, the maritime capital, to make a new leap forward, it is essential above all to foster a public-service culture that does not fear change and innovation. We will continue to make proactive administration a core value of municipal management, consistently select and recognize Outstanding Public Officials for Proactive Administration, and deliver substantive results that citizens can tangibly experience.”