Chiang Kian Subdistrict Municipality Toeng District, Chiang Rai
Vision: Chiang Kian, livability, cultural appreciation to become ASEAN’s model green city Population: 4,344 (2018) Number of communities: 12 Area: 76.3 square meters
“Chiang Kian is a clean and livable town that is home to citizens whose happy lives and wellbeing coincide with their appreciation and inheritance of local wisdom, under the sufficiency economy philosophy. The people actively participate in the community’s environmental management, which hopes for Chiang Kian to become a model ASEAN town.” The aforementioned is the objective this small town aims to attain when it comes to its local administration. Such intention has led to many developmental activities, encompassing art and cultural conservation to local wisdom under the sufficiency economy philosophy. With its focus on environmental management, Chiang Kian subdistrict municipality issues policies that require every village to complete community forest registration. The town also develops a set of rules and regulations that will enable community forests to benefit the people and the environment while maintaining the sustainability of the local ecosystem.
