Jinju City Holds Progress Meeting for Asian Weightlifting Championships

Preparing for the Premier Competition in Culture, Arts, and Tourism Content

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Choi Soon-kyung] Jinju City, Gyeongnam announced on the 30th that it held the ‘2023 Jinju Asia Weightlifting Championships Progress Report Meeting’ on the 3rd floor cultural lecture room of City Hall, chaired by Mayor Cho Gyu-il, with 45 attendees including related organizations such as the Korea Weightlifting Federation, Jinju City Sports Council, Jinju City Weightlifting Federation, and relevant department officials.

Following the 1st and 2nd report meetings last year, the 3rd report meeting held on the 27th was conducted as an in-depth meeting for the successful hosting of the competition, including a comprehensive report on the event by the Director of Sports Promotion Division, progress reports from heads of each department such as the Public Relations Officer, and discussions on issues and improvement plans.

Since this competition is the first international event ever held in Jinju City, the city plans to make every effort to ensure that domestic and international athletes, officials, and spectators visiting Jinju City experience no inconvenience by preparing perfectly across all fields including tourism, transportation, environment, accommodation, and food.

Jinju City, Gyeongnam, is holding a progress report meeting for the Asian Weightlifting Championships.

Also, since the competition will be held around the same time as the Nongae Festival in May, the city plans to maximize the promotion of Jinju’s cultural and tourism content by linking it with city tours, lantern exhibitions around Jinju Fortress and the competition venue, and the Nongae Festival events.

As side events of the competition, Jinju City will operate promotional booths, woodworking, weightlifting experiences, and exhibitions and sales of silk, bio, and agricultural specialty products, and around the competition venue, various attractions such as lantern installations, bonsai exhibitions, the creation of Seokgatap Park, and flower tower sculptures will be provided to prepare the event as one that all citizens as well as weightlifters can enjoy together.

The city installed a countdown clock on the 1st floor lobby of City Hall on the 19th to commemorate D-100 days until the competition and to allow citizens visiting City Hall to feel the atmosphere of the event.

Mayor Cho said, “Please prepare thoroughly with the mindset that our competition represents not only Jinju but also the Republic of Korea,” and added, “I hope everyone will do their best to successfully host this competition so that our city can leap forward as a world sports city.”

Park In-tae, Vice President of the Korea Weightlifting Federation, said, “We deeply thank Jinju City and the organizing committee members who are working hard for the success of the competition,” and added, “As the organizing institution, the Korea Weightlifting Federation will communicate well with the organizing committee to do its best to ensure the successful hosting of the Jinju competition.”

Jinju City plans to complete preparations for the competition in the order of holding the organizing committee members’ general meeting in February, closing preliminary entry registration in March, holding the final progress report meeting, closing final entry registration in April, and conducting an on-site inspection of the venue by the Asian Weightlifting Federation.

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