Macao, Culture City of East Asia: East-West Encounter, Asia in Harmony

Article published by the President of the Cultural Affairs Bureau of the Macao SAR Government, Leong Wai Man, on 28 April 2025, in the Macau Daily Times.

The programme “Culture City of East Asia”, an initiative jointly launched by China, Japan and South Korea, stems from the consensus and spirit of the China-Japan-South Korea Trilateral Summit. It is Asia’s first international cultural city designation event, representing a major cultural achievement between the three countries, and a hallmark of East Asian regional cultural collaboration. Selected cities are required to promote their rich and distinct local cultural resources and characteristics while also embodying the essence of East Asian culture, thereby playing a leading and exemplary role in promoting cultural exchange and mutual learning in East Asia.  

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