Gwangju City Holds Deliberation Committee Meeting for Establishing Asia Culture Centered City

On the afternoon of the 24th, Lee Yong-seop, Mayor of Gwangju Metropolitan City, attended and presided over the annual implementation plan review committee meeting for the Asia Culture Center City Development Project held at the Kim Dae-jung Convention Center in Seo-gu. Photo by Gwangju Metropolitan City

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Seon-gang] Gwangju Metropolitan City announced on the 24th that it held the Asia Culture City Development Implementation Plan Deliberation Committee at the Kim Dae-jung Convention Center.

The Deliberation Committee consists of 17 members including the Mayor of Gwangju Metropolitan City, the heads of 5 autonomous districts, and related experts, and on this day reviewed the 2022 annual implementation plan (draft) for the creation of the Asia Culture City.

The annual implementation plan is a statutory plan established every year according to the Special Act on the Creation of Asia Culture Cities (hereinafter referred to as the Asia Special Act), which outlines the blueprint for the Asia Culture City development project and serves as a cultural city execution strategy to supply cultural energy throughout the entire city.

In particular, among the four major priority tasks of the development project, excluding the national direct project of ▲construction and operation of the Asia Culture Center, the implementation plans are established for the three autonomous local government direct projects: ▲creation of a cultural urban environment, ▲promotion of arts and development of cultural and tourism industries, and ▲strengthening the capacity and status of cultural exchange cities.

Earlier, Gwangju City formed the ‘2022 Annual Implementation Plan Establishment Promotion Group’ in June, consisting of 44 local experts and practitioners to discover projects, and through four subcommittee meetings and two full promotion group meetings, proposed the 2022 plan (draft) for a total of 65 projects including 13 new projects and 52 ongoing projects.

The 2022 new projects include 3 projects in the cultural urban environment creation field such as the citizen cultural and arts village development project utilizing the textile factory site, 2 projects in the cultural arts promotion field such as the Asia Art Plaza development, 4 projects in the cultural industry development field such as the Asia Folklore and Myth Platform construction project and operation of the Advanced Realistic Content Talent Center, and 4 projects in the tourism industry development field such as the Asia Culture Tourism Platform, Inclusive Travel Hub, and Gwangju UNESCO Exploration Project.

Once the deliberation and resolution of the implementation plan are completed, the results will be submitted to the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, which will consult with central government departments and then report to the ‘Presidential Committee on the Creation of Asia Culture Cities’ and approve it by March next year.

Kim Jun-young, Director of the Culture, Tourism and Sports Office of the city, said, “This ‘Annual Implementation Plan’ reflects the opinions of autonomous districts and citizens as well as the government’s cultural policies to the fullest extent,” and added, “We will closely cooperate with the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism to ensure the plan is approved as originally proposed, and do our best to pass the amendment to the Asia Special Act in the National Assembly so that the previously sluggish five major cultural zone projects can regain momentum.”

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