Shaoxing City, Zhejiang Province and Dunhuang City, Gansu Province, (China), Kitakyushu City, Fukuoka Prefecture (Japan), and Suncheon City, South Jeolla Province (Korea) were selected as CCEA 2021. In 2020, due to the spread of COVID-19, Korea and Japan postponed the CCEA 2020 to CCEA 2021, and China has newly selected Shaoxing City and Dunhuang City as cities of CCEA 2021.
The four cities of CCEA 2021 have promoted various exchanges for a year to continue trilateral cultural cooperation and international cultural arts activities which have been stagnant due to spread of COVID-19 pandemic. The CCEA 2021 cities are planning to strengthen cooperation and solidarity of East Asian culture through subsequent projects and international sisterhood agreements.
- November 2021: ‘Culture City of East Asia 2021 Joint Declaration’ Signed, Agreed to Continue Exchanges in Future
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At the CCEA 2021 Kitakyushu Closing Ceremony held on 28 November 2021, Shaoxing City, Dunhuang City, Kitakyushu City, and Suncheon City signed the ‘Culture City of East Asia 2021 Joint Declaration’ in order to promote continued mutual cooperation based on the exchanges in 2021. The key points of the Declaration are:
1. The four cities will actively promote various people-to-people exchanges such as culture and arts, industry, and tourism.
2. The four cities will promote mutual understanding and share wisdom and experience for the development of CCEA.
3. The four cities will establish a CCEA network and promote the strengthening of the international influence of CCEA for sustainable urban development.
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The Signing Ceremony at the ‘2021 Culture Cites of East Asia Joint Declaration’
(Source: Kitakyushu City)
Follow-up Projects in 2022 [tentative]
| Location | Date | Contents |
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| Suncheon | September | The 2nd Picture Book · "Webtoon" Festival (Kitakyushu City, Japan exhibition (introduction of artwork and museum), forum events, performances, forums, etc.) |
| Suncheon | Second half | China-Korea "Literature" exchange event (literature travel with East Asian youths) |
| Suncheon | TBD | CJK "Traditional Costume” Events (CJK traditional costume seminar, traditional costume experience, traditional costume photo competition) |
| Kitakyushu | TBD | “Online Live Painting” (cultural exchange activity in which each city elementary school students draw paintings together in online format) |
