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NEAR is...an international organization founded by 29 government from four Northeast Asian countries, including South Korea, China, Japan, Russia, etc., in September 1996 in Gyeongju, South Korea.NEAR has adopted the Charter based on the ideology of co-prosperity of Northeast Asia, and carried out extensive exchange and cooperation projects in various fields ranging from economy and trade, education & cultural exchanges, environment, disaster prevention, cross-border cooperation, science & technology, ocean & fisheries to tourism.With the participation of North Korea and Mongolia and accession of new member governments, NEAR is growing as a representative regional diplomacy and cooperative organization of Northeast Asia with 70 member governments from six countries.

NEAR is open to all. Any local government located in the Northeast Asian region sharing the founding purpose of NEAR can join us through the NEAR General Assembly.


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Dear respectful members of NEAR, Let me begin by extending my warmest thanks to the NEAR Secretariat and member

regions for supporting us, as we establish the Sub-Committee on Women and Children as the newly inaugurated Coordinator region.

Dornod Province joined NEAR with other Mongolian regions at the 6th General Assembly held back in 2006 in Busan Metropolitan City, Korea. By doing so, more opportunities opened up for us in expanding partnerships with Northeast Asian countries and regions. Since then, Dornod has participated in various activities and events of NEAR, including the Sub-Committee meetings in such fields as science & technology, education & culture and economy & trade. Also, we seconded one of our foreign relations officers to the Secretariat office to work for an year from 2008 to 2009.

It was in October, 2010 at the General Assembly in Gyeonggi-do Province that we were officially appointed as the Coordinator region of the Sub-Committee on Women and Children. Since then, our international partnership network has been brought to another new level by being able to host Sub-Committee meetings attended not only by regions from China and Russia, which we used to carry out exchanges mostly with, but also from other Northeast Asian countries.

Dornod has been actively engaged in the effort to promote the rights of women and children: Children's organizations of Dornod have conducted cultural exchanges with their counterparts in China and Russia and also jointly worked with German education organizations to promote children education projects as well as with those in Kings Lynn, Norfolk, U. K.

Meanwhile, Dornod Womens Association, founded back in 1960, has championed the rights of women, which account for 60 percent of Dornods total population, and organized various events including Standard Family, Thousand Mothers Festival, Prenatal Upbringing and Maternity, and etc.

The Inaugural Meeting of the Sub-Committee on Women and Children is scheduled for 8~9 July. Dornod will take this opportunity to contribute to the development and cooperation of women and children beyond Dornod province to the eastern part of Mongolia and Northeast Asia as a whole. This event will serve as a platform to build sustainable partnership in the field of women and children among NEAR members. Representatives of NEAR and women and childrens organizations are cordially invited. Let us build a better future for Northeast Asia by joining hands in making better lives for women and children.

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The official deadline of registration for the 8th NEAR Working Committee ended on 29 April. However, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, the chair region, and the NEAR Secretariat extended the deadline until the end of May to enhance effectiveness of the meeting while actively encouraging participation among representatives at the Working-Level Workshop held on 19 May. As a result, a number of NEAR members additionally registered for the conference. As a preliminary meeting for the 9th NEAR General Assembly, the upcoming Working Committee Meeting will discuss various agendas: Applications for hosting the 10th General Assembly; the term of the Secretariat; co-coordinatorship of the Sub-Committees; and the proposal on organizing a horticulture industry seminar back-to-back with the 9th General Assembly.

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The 3rd Sub-Committee on Science & Technology (Coordinator : Gyeonggi-do Province, Korea) and the 10th Sub-Committee on Environment (Coordinator : Toyama Prefecture, Japan), initially scheduled for this July, were postponed to the latter half of the year.

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(1) International Culture Palette of Northeast AsiaShimane Prefecture held the International Culture Palette of Northeast Asia for ten

days from 26 May to 4 June. The Russian Girls choir Yamarka was invited from Vladivostok, Primorsky Region to put on a joint performance with school choirs of Shimane. The members of the choir were provided home-stay accommodation while visiting local schools to build friendship with prefectural residents.

(2) Northeast Asia Wings of Exchange in Shimane 2011Northeast Asia Wings of Exchange in Shimane 2011 is to be held from 29 July to

3 August, where youths from Northeast Asian countries visiting Shimane Prefecture will stay together with local students for six days. The theme for 2011 is Volunteer Activities and youths from four countries including China, Japan, Korea and Russia will be engaged in discussions and cultural and sports exchange activities.

Wings of Exchange is a project aimed at promoting exchanges among youths

and university students from NEAR members (preference given to sister

regions) by inviting them to experience and learn Japanese culture. NEAR

members without sisterly ties with Shimane can also apply. Please contact

Shimane Prefectural Government at [email protected] (Mika

Yamamoto) if interested to participate in the program this year. For now, among

non-sister regions, those from Russia are on the list of candidates for 2011.

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Kim Jae Hyo, the NEARs new Secretary General took office on 12 May. In accordance with Article 13 of the Charter, the Secretary General shall be recommended by the head of the member regional government where the Secretariat is located (Governor Kim Kwan Yong of Gyeongsangbuk-do Province, Korea) and be appointed by the Chair of NEAR (Governor Wang Zhengwei of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, China).

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The list of staffs seconded from NEAR members to work at the Secretariat from May 2011 to April 2012 is finalized.

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A delegation of the Council of Local Authorities for International Relations (CLAIR), composed of four staffs led by Executive Director Hiroshi Ueda visited the NEAR Secretariat on 9 May. The delegation was told about the status of NEAR activities, membership and the role of the Secretariat while exchanging views on operational issues. The visit was intended to boost up development of both organizations through a frank dialogue with NEAR, a non-profit organization which aims to promote development and cooperation among Northeast Asian regions.

CLAIR and NEAR share many objectives including our goal to promote the development of regional authorities. I hope that both organizations will deepen partnership through information exchange, said Mr. Ueda.

The Council of Local Authorities for International Relations (CLAIR) was established in July 1988 in response to rising concerns about local-level internationalization in Japan. In addition, CLAIR has established a network of overseas offices in major cities around the world such as Seoul, New York, London, Paris, Singapore, Sydney and Beijing.

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NEAR Working-level Workshop 2011 was held on 18~20 May in Gyeongju City, Gyeongsangbuk-do Province, Korea with an aim to enhance solidarity among NEAR member regions by facilitating networking of working-level officials and to prepare for the 8th Working Committee scheduled for the coming July. At the meeting, presentations were made on major projects of the Secretariat and member regions for the year 2011. Also, a special lecture was delivered under the theme Toward Better Cooperation among NEAR Member Regions, while participants made a cultural tour to Daegu Metropolitan City, one of NEAR members in Korea, as part of Discover the Region program (Continued on Page 16)

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In June, a delegation from Hunan Province will visit Italy to participate in the Year of Chinese Culture in Italy 2011-Italy-Hunan Week in Rome while the Tourism Products Presentation Seminar of Hunan of China will be attended by Hunan Governor, Xu Shousheng in person. The member of the Standing Committee of the Hunan Provincial Committee and Deputy Governor, Guo Kailang expects that high-level officials of both sides will continue to maintain a sound trend of mutual visits to promote cooperation in the fields of design, high technology, machinery, environment protection, culture industry and etc. This will facilitate Hunans enterprises investment in Italy and encourage more Hunan tourists to visit the country.

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Henan Province ChinaKorea Business Center Opens in June to Promote Korea-Henan Co-operation

On 6th April, Henans Deputy Governor Chen Xuefeng met with the delegation of Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency (KOTRA), headed by President Cho Hwan Ik in the Hunans Provincial Government. It is reported that Mr. Chos visit aims to push forward the economic and trade co-operation between Korea and Henan Province and confer on such issues as hosting the conference on Chinese-Korean comprehensive products and the opening of the Korea Business Center in Zhengzhou. Large-scale commercial activities between Korean and Henans enterprises at the end of April were followed by the decision to launch the Korean business agency in June, which is expected to deepen the exchange and co-operation between Korea and Henan Province. KOTRA, a non-profit national investment promotion agency, currently operates with the objective of making contribution to the trade and investment between Korea and overseas areas. At present, KOTRA has opened 10 Korea Business Centers in China, including those in Shanghai and Beijing.

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Ningxia Province - China China International Cultural Art and Tourism Fair The Grace of Mother River Held in Ningxia

On 8th May, the opening ceremony of the 3rd China (Ningxia) International Cultural Arts and Tourism Fair The Grace of Mother River was ceremoniously held at the newly-built Yellow River Altar in the Jinshatan Bank of Qingtongxia City, jointly sponsored by Ministry of Culture, State Ethnic Affairs Commission, Ministry of Water Resources, State Administration of Radio, Film and Television, Chinese Peoples Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries and the Peoples Government of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region. Over 10,000 descendants of the Chinese Nation from home and abroad gathered at the mother river bank to honor the Sinic Civilization with a long history, give thanks to Mother Yellow River's thousands years of nurture and jointly witness the solemn moment of Chinese peoples continuity and promotion of Yellow River Culture. The 3rd China (Ningxia) International Cultural Art and Tourism Fair The Grace of Mother River infused new concepts of Yellow River Culture into the previous two fairs, as a result of successful co-operation between ministries and provinces. Under the premise of protecting the mother river well, Ningxia will vigorously carry forward the Yellow River culture, forcefully create Yellow River Gold Bank and advance the construction of the special economic zone along the Yellow River so as to write a new chapter of economic development, improvement of peoples livelihood, social harmony and national unity.

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Objective : The program, supported by regional government authorities, academia and the economic community, aims to provide the youth (secondary school) with an opportunity to learn firsthand about environmental issues in Northeast Asia and to raise environmental awareness. It will broaden the horizons of young people on international environmental cooperation and develop independent thinking and decision making skills.

Date : 27 (Saturday) - 28 (Sunday) of August 2011 Location : Khabarovsk Regional Center for extracurricular activities

Constellation camp (Lazo Region), Khabarovsk Territory, Russia (680026 Khabarovsk, Pacific street, 75 Tel.: +7-4212-91-04-59 URL:www.kdcsozvezdie.ru)

Organized by : Government of Khabarovsk territory (Committee for Bureau of Forestry), Toyama Prefecture Government (Department of Culture, Life and Environment)

Participated by : School children (middle and senior) and teachers. (Not more than 10 participants from each region (including teachers)

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Ishikawa Prefecture - JapanIshikawa Japanese Language and Culture Study Program

Ishikawa Prefecture runs Ishikawa Japanese Language and Culture Study Program for foreign students who want to learn Japanese language and culture. This program provides a closer look at the traditional culture of the Ishikawa Prefecture, helps better understanding of Japanese language, society and customs in their everyday lives through homestays. This year, after April, trainees from University of Montreal, Canada, and Univ. of Lausanne, Switzerland will be invited. The program has been highly rated among Japanese educational institutions around the world.

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Tottori Prefecture - Japan Welcome to the International Tourism Resort Tottori!

On the back of rich recreational resources and beautiful landscapes, Tottori Prefecture has produced many world-renowned comic artists and distributed the tourist information across the world.

In September 2010, Tottori was selected as the host of The international Comic Artist Conference 2012, while its beautiful coast of Sanin joined the Global Geoparks Network in the same year.

Transport : There is a regular flight between Tottori Prefecture and Inchon International Airport of Korea. Also, regular passenger ferries travel from the Port of Donghae in Korea to Tottori and the Port of Vladivostok in Russia.

Dear Member regions! You are welcome to the international tourist resort Tottori Prefecture. You can expect unforgettable adventure!

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Busan Metropolitan City - KoreaBusan International Rock Festival 2011

Busan International Rock Festival 2011 is scheduled for 5~7 August in Samnak Riverside Park, Busan Metropolitan City. The festival, organized by the Organizing Committee for Busan Culture & Tourism Festival and sponsored by Busan Metropolitan City Government, will gather young people from home and abroad who want to feel the burn this summer under the slogan Sea, Youth, Love. On the eve of the festival, an indie band competition will take place along with invited performances of Korean rock bands while 15 bands from five countries will perform at the main event. Autograph signing sessions will be open to the public as well.

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The International IT Convergence Exhibition 2011 (IICE 2011) was held on 25~27 May in Daegu EXCO, hosted by Gyeongsangbuk-do Province and Daegu Metropolitan City and organized by the Mobile Technology Convergence Center. The business exhibition displaying various new products under the theme convergence is a leading IT convergence event in Daegu and Gyeongsangbuk-do Province.

The Exhibition profile covered IT Convergence (robot, 3D convergence, IT health, vehicle IT, marine IT); IT Parts and Materials (injection molding articles, surface treatment technology, antenna module, secondary battery); Mobile & Imbedded Solution (mobile browser, mobile OS, mobile apps, imbedded development equipment) and etc. Concurrent events included IT Convergence Industry Seminar, IR for technology transfer and export consultations.

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Khentii Province - MongoliaKhentiis Young People to Be Trained as Saemaul Leaders

Khentii delegation composed of Director Batzorig of the Administration Department and Director Erdenjargal of the Social Development Department met with President Cho Joon Sang of Hanmin Univ. in Korea on 17-18 May before participating the 2011 NEAR Working-Level Workshop.

According to the agreement signed between the university situated in Chungcheongnam-do Province of Korea and Khentii Governor Erdenbaatar in 19 November last year, 20 high school graduates in Khentii will be educated at the soon-to-be-established Department of Saemaul* of the university. Based on the agreement, the Khentii delegation and President Cho decided to jointly hold a recruitment event on 22-23 June in Khentii to attract would-be Saemaul leaders. After graduation, students will go back to their hometown, establish Saemaul Movement Centers and work as professional workers.

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Kemerovo Region - RussiaFirst National World Mining Congress was held in Kemerovo

The World Mining Congress was held on 4~11 of May in Kemerovo Region. Participants, including representatives of Chinese, Australian, German, Polish coal mining and engineering companies discussed the prospects for coal as a primary source of energy, thermochemical coal conversion along with critical environment issues. Senator Sergey Shatirov of the Council of Kuzbass (Kemerovo) said that the pattern of energy balance is under restructuring not only in present Russia, but across the world.

In 2010, 185.5 million tons of coal was mined in Kemerovo, of which approx. 44 million tons were exported to Germany, Great Britain, Poland, the Ukraine and Turkey. In the long term, 50 million tons of coal will be supplied to the Asia Pacific countries, including China, Japan, South Korea, and India, said Kemerovo Governor Aman Tuleev.

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Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) - RussiaSakha President Egor Borisov Visits Korea

The delegation of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) lead by President Egor Borisov visited Korea to strengthen economic ties with Korean business and academic community. The delegation included First Deputy Prime Minister Alexey Struchkov, Minister of Foreign Affairs Valery Maximov, Minister for Enterprise, Tourism Development and Employment Ekaterina Kormilitsyna, Rector of the North-East Federal University n. a. M. K. Ammosov Yevgeny Mikhailov, CEOs of Development Corporation of South Yakutia, OJSC oil company Tuymaada-Nef t , and LLC GeoProMining among other representatives of the Sakha business circle.

As part of the visit, meetings were held with Korean Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Lee Shi Hyung as well as representatives of major Korean companies such as Hyundai, LG International, SK and Korea Gas Corporation (KOGAS).

Also, during the Sakha Investment Seminar at the Hotel Intercontinental COEX, information exchange and discussion was made on the implementation of joint projects between business delegations, while a Memorandum of Understanding between the Government of Republic Sakha (Yakutia) and KOGAS was signed on the cooperation in gas and oil resources development and management.

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2011 Northeast Asia Wings of Exchange in Shimane 29 July-3 August

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JAPAN TENT(Foreign student exchange event) 18-24 August Ishikawa Prefecture

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Daegu Metropolitan City

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The 39th Gangjin Celadon Festival 30 July-7 August Gangjin County

Gangjinkun Native Festival Promotion CommitteeT. +82-61-430-3191http://www.gangjinfes.or.kr/

The 20th Asian Conference on Intellectual Disabilities 21-26 August Jeju City

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Shukshins Day in Altai / The 7th Shukshin Film Festival 20-24 July Srostki Village

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five countries finally arrived in Gyeongju, Korea. At the welcoming dinner, participants exchanged greetings with each other who they have known only over the phone for the past year, got to know newcomers or saw old friends and spend some time catching up.

NEAR Chinese participants talk to each other at the dinner hall Shimane public officials exchange greetings with Secretariat staffs

Since 2006, working-level officials of five countries in charge of NEAR Affairs have got together every year in spring. This year, 83 people representing 36 organizations from five countries attended the NEAR Working-level Workshop 2011, including five regions from China, four Japan, ten Korea, twelve Mongolia, three Russia and observers (UN Project Office on Governance, Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, NEAR Secretariat) on 18-20 May to renew their friendship and reflect on NEAR's mission and goals.

At this meeting, new programs were added, which were warmly received by participants, such as a special lecture by Hur Seong Jae, Director of the Northeast Asian Affairs Bureau of the Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT) on how to strengthen cooperation among regional governments with different language, culture and history. It shed new light on the future trajectory of the 15-year-old NEAR from the perspective of the central government. Also, a tour was made to Daegu Metropolitan City as part of Discover NEAR Members program.

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out some key problems to be improved when it comes to international relations among regional governments, each of which characterized by different language, economic development stage and values. Those are: Exchange activities often motivated by individual goals (of governors); insufficient review of diverse exchange conditions; low participation by the local community; and lack of information and professional resources. Solutions were suggested as well: Frequent information exchange among large-unit local governments and between large- and basic-unit local governments; enhanced cooperation with private organizations; closer partnership with the central government and etc.

The lecture was well received by participants, as it gave a clear picture on the nature of cooperation among NEAR members and where it can improve. Also, the delegation made presentations on their respective projects and investment potentials, which was followed by an open discussion on better governance of NEAR.

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Discover Daegu Metropolitan CityOn the last day, participants made a cultural tour to Daegu

Metropolitan City as part of Discover the Region program and visited the Dongsan Missionary Residence, Gyesan Cathedral and the Yangnyeongsi Oriental Medicine Cultural Center.

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1910 Dongsan Missionary Residence is where American missionaries who came to Korea in 1910 had resided. The renovated small-scale museums displays exhibits of all kinds, ranging from Christian artifacts to rare ancient medical instruments In front of the Gyesan Cathedral Russian team taking rest Enjoyable "Bulgogi" lunch at a traditional Korean-style house Wearing traditional Korea clothes at the Yangnyeongsi Oriental Medicine Cultural Center

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Busan Metropolitan City: 1. Maintain and use the video conferencing system of the NEAR website2. Introduce an e-mailing service for better information exchange

Realization of the video conferencing system is rather a long-term issue related to budgetary issues and opinions of other members; The Secretariat will come up with an e-mailing service to meet the request of member regions.

Hunan Province, Irkutsk Region: Themes of each NEAR event should be clearly specified by organizers; Working-level workshops can also be organized under specific themes such as tourism or culture

Clear themes will be specified for the General Assembly in consultation with the Chair region; The second suggestion will be reflected based on opinions of other members.

Jeju Special Self-governing Province: Special lecture by MOFAT was useful. Invite government officers also from China, Japan, Mongolia and Russia to give lectures on intl relations of respective country from the perspective of the central government

Suggestion will be reflected in next NEAR events.

Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region: Submit registrations for the 8th Working Committee Submit registrations for the 8

th Working Committee

Bayankhongor Province: Hope to organize the Sub-Committee on Tourism in Bayankhongor

The suggestion should be discussed with Henan Province, the Coordinator of the Sub-Committee on Tourism

Jeollanam-do Province: Post NEAR News magazine on the Website NEAR News for 2010 are posted on the website. Materials of 2011 will soon be updated

Jeju Special Self-governing Province: Give more spaces to post NEAR member news on NEAR News magazine

Each of Feature Report and NEAR Member Tour section covers two to three pages. Member regions may make the most of those spaces

Hunan Province: Economy and Trade are very important themes for each regional government. Information on those fields including mineral resources development must be shared. NEAR must put more efforts into promoting partnerships in economy and trade sectors among member regions

The Secretariat will provide active support to revitalize activities of the Sub-Committee on Economy & Trade and the Sub-Committee on Mineral Resource Development and Coordination. Each Coordinator of the Sub-Committee is called to do the same.

Suggestion (Member Region) Improvement Plan (Secretariat)

NEAR news vol.39 (CHN)

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Transcript of NEAR news vol.39 (CHN)