On April 25, 2023, Trilateral Cooperation Secretariat (TCS) Secretary-General Amb. OU Boqian led the delegation of the "Culture City of East Asia (CCEA)" Media and Internet Celebrities Tour (the CCEA Tour) to visit Yangzhou, China, as the third stop of the tour program. The delegation met with Mr. WANG Jinjian, Party Secretary of Yangzhou city. The two sides exchanged views on further promoting cultural and economic exchanges between Yangzhou and its friendship cities in Japan and Republic of Korea. Mr. RO Jae-hun, President of Korean East Asia Culture Center, Mr. ZHANG Litao, Mr. LIU Liu, Vice Mayors of Yangzhou, CHE Guohua, Director of the Foreign Affairs Office of Yangzhou were present at the meeting.
SG OU expressed gratitude to Mr. WANG
for Yangzhou's great support to the CCEA Tour. She stressed that Yangzhou city
boasts a long history and splendid culture, stunning natural ecological
environment, and solid economic development. She hoped that the friendship
cities among the three countries would deepen their ties, expand their
consensus to promote economic and cultural exchange and cooperation to a new
level. TCS, by fully leveraging the brand of CCEA, will continue to boost
exchanges and cooperation among local provinces and cities in China, Japan, and
Korea so as to deepen mutual understanding among the people of the three countries
and promote lasting peace, common prosperity, and shared culture in this
region.
Mr. WANG, on behalf of the Yangzhou
Municipal Party Committee and the Municipal Government, welcomed SG OU and the
CCEA Tour delegation. He briefly introduced the economic and social development
of Yangzhou and pointed out that Yangzhou has a long history of cultural
exchanges with Japan and Korea. He hoped that the CCEA Tour would exert
positive impacts on deepening friendship among the people of the three
countries. Mr. WANG noted that, with the support of TCS and Korean East Asia
Culture Center, Yangzhou is willing to further strengthen cooperation with
friendship cities in Japan and Korea in several areas such as the economy,
culture, tourism, and gastronomy to write a new chapter of win-win cooperation.
*To mark the 10th anniversary of the
first designation of “Culture City of East Asia”, TCS organizes the Tour in
collaboration with governments of Yangzhou, Nara, and Gyeongju for 10 days.
Participants from CJK major media outlets, we-media and culture organizations
are invited for the tour to promote the city images, consolidate their culture
ties and trilateral people-to-people exchanges, and explore the shared cultural
values of East Asia. Yangzhou is the last stop of this tour program.
TCS Event
Documents
- 15th Trilateral Cultural Ministers' Meeting Kyoto Declaration_JP
- Joint Statement of the 16th Trilateral Cultural Content Industry Forum
- 14th Trilateral Cultural Ministers' Meeting Jeonju Declaration_JP
- Joint Statement of the 15th Trilateral Cultural Content Industry Forum
- 13th Trilateral Cultural Ministers' Meeting Qufu Declaration_JP
- Joint Statement of the 14th Trilateral Cultural Content Industry Forum
- 12th Trilateral Cultural Ministers' Meeting Kitakyushu Declaration_JP
- Joint Statement of the 13th Trilateral Cultural Content Industry Forum
