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At the 15th China-Japan-South Korea Cultural Ministers’ Meeting held in Japan’s Kyoto yesterday afternoon, China’s Macao Special Administrative Region (SAR) and Huzhou, South Korea’s Anseong and Japan’s Kamakura were awarded the Culture Cities of East Asia 2025. Zhang Zheng, Deputy Secretary of the Party Leadership Group and Vice Minister of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of China, Japanese Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Masahito Moriyama and South Korean First Vice Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Yong Ho-seong jointly awarded plaques to Huzhou and the other three cities. Hong Hupeng, Deputy Secretary of the Municipal Party Committee and Mayor of Huzhou, led a delegation to participate in related activities and accepted the plaque on behalf of Huzhou.
The selection event of “Culture Cities of East Asia” was officially launched in 2013 as a cultural initiative to implement the important consensus reached by the leaders of China, Japan, and South Korea at the Fifth ROK-Japan-China Trilateral Summit in May 2012 and the “Shanghai Action Plan” signed at the Fourth China-Japan-South Korea Cultural Ministers' Meeting in May 2012. It is a key cultural cooperation brand in the East Asia, focused on promoting innovation and upgrading practical cooperation in culture and tourism among the three countries. It currently serves as the most prestigious international brand in China’s cultural sector and a specific measure to support the comprehensive implementation of the Belt and Road Initiative and the implementation of measures advocated in the Conference on Dialogue of Asian Civilizations, with far-reaching implications for shaping the region’s international image and enhancing its international status.
Hong Hupeng, Mayor of Huzhou said that it is a great honor and inspiration for Huzhou to be named a “Culture City of East Asia” for 2025. Taking this opportunity, Huzhou will strive to organize a unique series of activities, extensively participate in national-level cultural and tourism exchanges, and contribute to promoting cultural and mutual learning in East Asia. Huzhou is willing to work with the other selected cities to tell well the story of East Asian culture and write a new model of mutual learning and recognition among different civilizations in the new era.