Chungnam Province Supports Gongju City's Designation as a 'Cultural City'

[Asia Economy (Hongseong) Reporter Jeong Il-woong] Chungnam Province is lending a hand to secure the final designation of Gongju City as a cultural city.

On the 20th, the province announced that it signed the "Gongju Cultural City Development Support Agreement" with Gongju City.

Through the agreement, the province and the city will establish support and cooperation plans for the development of Gongju as a cultural city. The province will take charge of administrative and financial support necessary for the cultural city development, while the city will focus on promoting participation projects such as nurturing cultural personnel and revitalizing the community.

A cultural city is designated under the Regional Culture Promotion Act with the aim of strengthening cultural creativity by utilizing distinctive cultural resources of each region.

Previously, Gongju was selected as a preliminary cultural city last year, and the final decision on its designation as a statutory cultural city will be made based on the evaluation of the preliminary project performance by the end of this year.

Once finally selected as a cultural city, the city will receive up to 6 billion KRW in national funding over five years starting next year, enabling it to develop the "Storytelling Cultural City Gongju" with a total project budget of 12 billion KRW.

To this end, the city and the Cultural City Center are currently dedicated to discovering Gongju's unique history and cultural values under the vision "Hello, Storytelling Cultural City Gongju."

They also plan to utilize cultural resources as a driving force for urban development to create jobs and establish a unique city brand for Gongju through tourism industrialization, thereby fostering citizens' pride.

The city has set three core values: ▲telling history ▲telling people ▲telling culture, and plans to build Gongju's unique identity as a cultural city through various strategies centered on history as a keyword.

A provincial official said, "Chungnam has been striving to promote cultural and artistic activities, including expanding support for artists' creative activities," adding, "We will spare no administrative and financial support to help Gongju become the largest cultural city in the central region, enhancing residents' cultural enjoyment and pride."

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