Gwangju City Establishes 2022 Annual Implementation Plan for Asia Culture Center City

Task Force Launch... Appointment of Song Jinhee as Task Force Leader and Discussion on Promotion Direction

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Seon-gang] Gwangju Metropolitan City announced on the 19th that it held the first meeting of the "2022 Annual Implementation Plan Establishment Promotion Team" (hereinafter referred to as the "Promotion Team") at the Kim Dae-jung Convention Center in collaboration with the Asia Culture Hub City Development Support Forum (hereinafter referred to as the "Support Forum").

The Promotion Team consists of about 40 stakeholders from the public, private, academic, and research sectors in areas such as urban environment, culture and arts, cultural industry, and tourism.

At the meeting, Professor Song Jin-hee of Honam University, who was newly appointed this month as the vice chairman of the 8th Asia Culture Hub City Development Committee under the President (hereinafter referred to as the "Development Committee"), was appointed as the head of the Promotion Team, and the direction for implementing the plan was presented.

The 2022 annual implementation plan direction includes leading the 4th industrial revolution, fostering cultural content industries linked with artificial intelligence (AI), and discovering cultural projects that can be integrated with the Korean New Deal (Digital New Deal, Green New Deal, Human and Employment New Deal) such as non-face-to-face services, 5G, and Internet of Things (IoT) in preparation for the post-COVID-19 era.

In particular, considering that the Asia Culture Hub City development project period expires in 2023, the Promotion Team plans to prepare development measures to supplement the shortcomings of the current projects and enhance synergy effects.

Additionally, the team discussed ways to increase the execution power of the development project, including promoting the activation of the Asia Culture Hub City development project through organic linkage with the Culture Complex, guiding balanced cultural development throughout the city, discovering future cultural business opportunities after COVID-19, and identifying demand-driven projects through collaboration and cooperation with civil society, autonomous districts, cultural institutions, and organizations.

Kim Yo-seong, Director of Cultural City Policy at the city, said, "The righteousness of Uihyang Gwangju, the traditional culture and arts of Yehyang Gwangju, and the flavorful food of Mihyang Gwangju are Gwangju’s history and culture as well as future growth engines," adding, "We will do our best to revitalize the development project by preparing an annual implementation plan with high execution power by listening to diverse opinions from all walks of life."

Ji Hyung-won, chairman of the Support Forum, said, "With former Minister of Culture and Tourism Jeong Dong-chae appointed as chairman of the 8th Development Committee and Professor Song Jin-hee, head of the annual implementation plan promotion team, selected as vice chairman of the Development Committee, conditions have been created for communication and cooperation with the central government including the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism," adding, "We expect that the execution power of the development project will be enhanced."

Meanwhile, the draft annual implementation plan will be submitted to the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism after review by the Asia Culture Hub City Development Implementation Plan Deliberation Committee in November, and is expected to be approved by March next year after consultation and review by central government ministries.

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