'Meeting World Literature'... Bucheon City Opens UNESCO City of Literature Promotion Center

Bucheon City in Gyeonggi Province is creating the 'UNESCO Creative Cities of Literature Promotion Center' on the first floor of City Hall to present a new cultural space to its citizens.

The promotion center was established to inform the public about Bucheon's growth as a global Creative City of Literature and to introduce the projects that have been carried out so far. It is also designed as a space where citizens can freely browse exhibited books and materials and comfortably enjoy reading.

'Bucheon UNESCO City of Literature' photo zone. Provided by Bucheon City

The main exhibition areas consist of a 'Photo Zone' introducing the UNESCO Creative Cities of Literature, the 'Bucheon UNESCO Creative City of Literature Corner' showcasing Bucheon's literary and cultural projects, the 'Overseas UNESCO Creative Cities of Literature Corner' introducing overseas creative cities that have exchanges with Bucheon, and the 'Bucheon Writers Corner' presenting Bucheon authors and their works.

A Bucheon city official said, "Through the promotion center, we hope to widely share Bucheon's identity as a UNESCO Creative City of Literature and provide an opportunity for citizens to engage more closely with literature."

Bucheon was designated as a UNESCO Creative City of Literature in 2017 with the slogan "The Power of Literature that Changes Life." It is the 21st city worldwide and the first in East Asia to receive this designation. Since then, the city has carried out various projects to expand global literary exchanges and create creative cultural infrastructure.

Going forward, the city plans to further enhance its status as a Creative City of Literature by expanding domestic and international literary exchanges and implementing citizen-participatory literary programs.

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