On March 31st in the Shaoxing City of Zhejiang Province, the working mechanism of China “Culture City of East Asia” was established in a ceremony held by Shaoxing People’s Government and Zhejing Cultural and Tourism Department with the guidance of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism. Attendees were Zhang Xu, vice ministor and member of party leading group of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, Guo Yan, minister of the Department of Asian Affairs, heads of elected cities and candidate cities of “Culture City of East Asia” as well as their provinces’ Departments of Culture and Tourism. In the comference passed the working mechanism of China “Culture City of East Asia”.
The forum aimed to build the alliance of “establishing ‘East Asian Culture City Alliance’ and conducting international communication of ‘Culture City of East Asia’”. Based on the brand development need for “Culture City of East Asia”, selected cities need to improve their senses of responsibility, mission and honor and enhance the the influence and popularity of “Culture City of East Asia”.
Zhang Xu said in his speech that the establishment of the working mechanism of China “Culture City of East Asia” is an important content of the humanitarian achievement of leaders conference between China, Japan and South Korea and a significant measure of institutionalization of the “Culture City of East Asia” and of the sustainable development of regional cultural cooperation. In the next stage, when governments plan for the working mechanism of China “Culture City of East Asia”, they should consider the overall condition and plan accordingly; innovate and develop the mechanism in the changing situation and coordinate with the whole picture taken into consideration. The working meachinsm of China “Culture City of East Asia” is conducive to make the relating cities a support of domestic cultural and tourism consumption and to create a concentrated place of cultural and tourism service and trade of northeast Asia, so as to build a city internet platform to build a country with strong culture and to construct a "dual circulation" development pattern in which domestic economic cycle plays a leading role while international economic cycle remains its extension and supplement.
2021 “Cultural City of East Asia·China Shaoxing Activity Year” around the theme of “Thousands of Years of Culture·Chasing Dreams in Shaoxing”. Through 11 chapters to introdce Shaoxing and more than 60 colorful activities, relating departments will brief guests on the history and culture of this place and will contribute to the cultural communication and cooperation between China, Japan and South Korea.