On April 26, the Culture City of East Asia (CCEA) 2023 Jeonju Opening Ceremony was held at Korea Sori Culture Center. The ceremony was hosted by Jeonju City and supported by the Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism of the ROK. Around 2000 participants including the representatives from the 2023 CCEAs host cities (Chengdu, Meizhou, Shizuoka), officials from the Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism, people in the arts and culture industry, and Jeonju citizens attended the event. The Trilateral Cooperation Secretariat (TCS) was also invited to join the welcome reception, and the opening ceremony.
At the opening ceremony, Jeonju Mayor
Woo Bumki articulated that in an era of globalization where culture is
increasingly recognized as a significant component of national strength, the
CCEA event will serve as an opportunity to lay the foundation for future
friendship and cooperation between the four cities in Korea, Japan, and China.
Li Gang, the director of Chengdu Media Group, Zhao Dong, the Vice Mayor of
Meizhou City, and Tsutomu Ideno, the Deputy Governor of Shizuoka Prefecture
also gave congratulatory remarks.
TCS Deputy Secretary-General Bek Bumhym
also delivered a strong message through his congratulatory speech. He evaluated
Jeonju as a city with much historical and cultural significance and expressed
hope that Jeonju’s unique cultural identity and artistic potential will spread
beyond China and Japan to become a global cultural tourism city. He also
anticipated that the four selected culture cities from Korea, Japan, and China
will expand their mutual understanding and strengthen the East Asian Cultural
ties through this opportunity.
During the opening ceremony,
performances by the CCEAs of China (Chengdu, Meizhou), Japan (Shizuoka), and
Korea (Jeonju) were staged to promote the culture of each city. Moreover,
representatives of each city held a performance with the children to show the
spirit of harmony and unity with the keyword “accompany” written on the large
shield kite.
Since 2014, China, Japan, and the ROK
have each designated one city as CCEA and have engaged in trilateral cultural
exchanges every year following the agreement made at the 4th Trilateral Culture
Ministers' Meeting (TCMM) in 2012. In 2023, Jeonju of the ROK, Chengdu and
Meizhou of China and Shizuoka Prefecture of Japan were designated as
CCEAs.
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
