Gwangju City and Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism Hold 4th Policy Consultation Meeting

Jo In-cheol, Vice Mayor of Culture and Economy of Gwangju Metropolitan City, attended the policy consultation meeting related to the Asia Culture Centered City Development Project held at the National Asia Culture Center on the afternoon of the 17th. He is taking a commemorative photo with Jeon Byeong-geuk, Director of Cultural Arts Policy at the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, Park Tae-young, Acting Director of the National Asia Culture Center, Kim Do-hyeong, Head of the Old Jeonnam Provincial Office Restoration Promotion Team, and other officials. Photo by Gwangju Metropolitan City

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Seon-gang] Gwangju Metropolitan City announced on the 17th that it held the ‘4th Policy Council’ with the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism at the National Asia Culture Center.

The policy council was attended by 15 people including Jo In-cheol, Vice Mayor for Cultural Economy, Jeon Byeong-geuk, Director of Cultural Arts Policy Office at the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, Park Tae-young, Acting Director of the National Asia Culture Center, Kim Do-hyeong, Head of the Old Jeonnam Provincial Government Building Restoration Promotion Team, and Kim Jun-young, Director of Culture, Tourism and Sports Office, discussing amendments to the Asia Culture Center Act and new/increased national budget projects for 2021.

Gwangju proposed measures to enhance the execution power of the Asia Culture City Creation Project, including ▲ maintaining the National Institution status for the operation of the Culture Center and passing a bill to extend the validity period of the Asia Culture Center Act by 5 years ▲ passing the preliminary feasibility study for the Gwangju Biennale Exhibition Hall and supporting design service fees ▲ constructing (attracting) the National Gwangju Gugak Center ▲ investing in the Asia Culture City Development Fund ▲ and national budget support projects for 2021.

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism amended the enforcement decree of the Asia Culture Center Act at the end of March as a supplementary measure regarding the operating body of the National Asia Culture Center, thereby establishing grounds to maintain the current operating system for the time being.

It was announced that they will actively promote, in cooperation with Gwangju City, the passage within this year of the amendment to the Asia Culture Center Act (June 9, 2020, proposed by National Assembly member Lee Byung-hoon) which includes maintaining the National Institution operation of the Culture Center for 5 more years, currently submitted to the National Assembly.

Furthermore, regarding Gwangju’s proposals such as passing the preliminary feasibility study for the Gwangju Biennale Exhibition Hall construction, attracting the National Gugak Center to Gwangju, and extending the validity period of the Asia Culture Center Act by 5 years, it was agreed to cooperate through continuous work sharing between the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and Gwangju City on a case-by-case basis.

Jeon Byeong-geuk, Director of Cultural Arts Policy Office at the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, stated, “We agree that establishing the status of the National Asia Culture Center and creating a minimally stable operational foundation should precede the promotion of extending the current operating system for 5 years,” and added, “We will spare no support to ensure the amendment to the Asia Culture Center Act is passed in the National Assembly.”

Jo In-cheol, Vice Mayor for Cultural Economy, said, “During the remaining project period, we will ensure that the achievements of the creation project are felt by citizens through communication and cooperation with the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism,” and added, “We will do our best to secure the national budget necessary for the construction of core infrastructure such as the 5 Major Cultural Belt Projects, the construction of the Gwangju Biennale Exhibition Hall, attracting the National Gwangju Gugak Center, and establishing the Korea Culture Technology (CT) Research Institute, so that our city’s key pending projects can be promptly advanced.”

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