Gwangju is Blooming as a Hub of Northeast Culture

Gwangju has been a representative city of culture and the arts for a long time. Based on this cultural tradition, Gwangju has held the Gwangju Biennale and the Design Biennale, both of which are international arts festivals.
The global community will witness the cultural power of Gwangju which will continuously stay on the leading edge of innovation and transformation for the future with the opening of the Asian Culture Complex by the year 2012. Through efforts to enhance the city capacity as a culture capital, Gwangju is expected to play a role of a cultural window to Asia and an international hub of culture.

• To build a foundation to make Gwangju a culture capital
• To enhance cultural facilities commensurate with culture capital
• To increase international cultural exchange and citizen cultural capacity
• To nurture cultural industry with competitiveness
• To establish the foundation to promote regional sports

To establish the foundation to make Gwangju a hub of Asian culture by changing its map

• After the groundbreaking ceremony for the Asian Culture Complex building, Gwangju has created more cultural facilities befitting a culture capital as well.
  It will culturally remodel the center of the city by creating the Chungjangno designated street and creating Sajik Culture and Arts Park.
  
  

To industrialize culture, which repeats creativity and evolution

• By establishing various infrastructures that can industrialize culture such as creating a Film Culture Complex and Cultural Industry Complex, Gwangju plans to facilitate the discovery and production of creative cultural content.

To hold international events to promote Gwangju, a light of the world

• The drive to make Gwangju a brand to highlight the identity of Gwangju, a light of city, will be implemented strategically. Based on the infrastructure to make it possible to host international events, Gwangju will hold various events including the 2009 Photonics Expo and the 2014 World Hydrogen Energy Conference. In addition, hosting the 2015 Summer Universiade will promote Gwangju as a city of international culture, tourism, and sports, and enhance its brand value.

To nationalize and internationalize Gwangju, which attracts global citizens

• Gwangju has developed both the Gwangju Kimchi Festival and the Jungyoulsung International Music Festival, which have taken hold as international festivals, as well as the Gwangju Biennale and Design Biennale as platforms for exchange with the world. Gwangju will enhance its status as a region for democracy, human rights, and sacred duty and will make itself a city that world citizens aspire to visit by developing diverse tourism packages connecting to the South and West coasts.

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