Registration Opens for Regional Forums of National Cultural Conference, Inviting Public Dialogue
To implement the 'Cultural Basic Law,' Taiwan's Ministry of Culture will hold the National Cultural Conference on September 20. Ahead of the main event, four regional forums will be held in Hualien, Taipei, Tainan, and Taichung starting June 5, with registration now open. Themed 'The Future Tense,' the conference features co-conveners such as Acer founder Stan Shih, author Hsiang Yang, and Ju Percussion Group founder Ju Tzong-Ching. It aims to review cultural policies of the past decade and engage the public in a dialogue to co-create a cultural vision for 2030.
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Fulfilling the promise in the 'Cultural Basic Law' to hold a National Cultural Conference every four years, the Ministry of Culture will host the event on September 20 at the National Central Library. Registration for the pre-conference regional forums has begun, with a broad invitation for public participation and dialogue.
The Ministry of Culture stated in a press release today that it has specifically reviewed the cultural policies of the decade since the 2017 National Cultural Conference. Themed 'The Future Tense,' it is widely inviting the public to participate in dialogue at four regional forums in the North, Central, South, and East, as well as the national conference, to jointly create a cultural vision for 2030.
The Ministry has invited Acer Group founder Stan Shih, author and National Taipei University of Education honorary professor Lin Chi-yang (pen name: Hsiang Yang), and Ju Percussion Group founder Ju Tzong-Ching to serve as co-conveners. They will form an advisory committee with scholars, experts, and arts and culture workers from various private sectors. This will initiate a public dialogue based on the cultural administration of the past decade to co-create a 'future cultural generation' for 2030.
The Ministry stated that looking back at the 2017 National Cultural Conference, the Ministry of Culture implemented the spirit of '21st-Century Total Cultural Development,' successively completing legislation for the 'Cultural Basic Law' and the 'National Languages Development Act.' It also established cultural organizations and facilities, including the Taiwan Creative Content Agency and the Taiwan Film and Audiovisual Institute. The opening of the National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts (Weiwuying) and the two major pop music centers in the north and south has fostered a thriving and collaborative local arts environment.
Furthermore, the Forward-looking Infrastructure Development Program has facilitated the planning and promotion of cultural living circles through projects like 'Recalibrating the Historic Scene' and 'Reconstructing Taiwan's Art History,' re-anchoring Taiwan's cultural subjectivity.
The National Cultural Conference held during the pandemic from 2021 to 2022 explored the challenges and opportunities for post-pandemic cultural development under the theme 'Culture, Ever-Flowing,' aiming to build a resilient Taiwan. In 2021, the first 'National Language Development Convention' was also held, which produced a national language development report. Concurrently, several 5G cultural technology projects were promoted, such as producing high-definition drama series, innovating audiovisual venue applications, and establishing the National Cultural Memory Bank, laying a foundation for digital cultural governance.
In the post-pandemic era of 2023, the Ministry of Culture used a special budget to promote measures including the Coming-of-Age Gift (Culture Points) and various revitalization measures for cultural industries. These were aimed at rapidly reorganizing the arts and culture sector and transforming cultural energy into the daily vitality of citizens. Simultaneously, it secured the 'Taiwan Cultural Black Tide' plan, a four-year, NT$10 billion initiative to expand Taiwan's cultural influence globally.
After Minister of Culture Li Yuan took office in 2024, he promoted 12 'Fertile Soil Projects' to strengthen Taiwan's cultural content and complete the industry ecosystem. This includes establishing the first 100 cultural hubs, making Culture Points a permanent program and lowering the distribution age to 13, and building support systems for creation, talent cultivation, and promotion/marketing of cultural content like picture books and comics.
Before the national conference, the Ministry will hold four regional forums starting June 5 at the Hualien Cultural and Creative Industries Park, Taipei's Huashan 1914 Creative Park, the Tainan Living Art Center, and the Ministry of Culture's Cultural Heritage Park in Taichung. A special session for teenagers will also be held on a separate date, inviting the new generation to join in the thinking process of cultural governance. Registration for the regional forums is now open. For more information, please visit the official website of the National Cultural Conference: https://nccwp.moc.gov.tw/home/.
The Ministry of Culture stated in a press release today that it has specifically reviewed the cultural policies of the decade since the 2017 National Cultural Conference. Themed 'The Future Tense,' it is widely inviting the public to participate in dialogue at four regional forums in the North, Central, South, and East, as well as the national conference, to jointly create a cultural vision for 2030.
The Ministry has invited Acer Group founder Stan Shih, author and National Taipei University of Education honorary professor Lin Chi-yang (pen name: Hsiang Yang), and Ju Percussion Group founder Ju Tzong-Ching to serve as co-conveners. They will form an advisory committee with scholars, experts, and arts and culture workers from various private sectors. This will initiate a public dialogue based on the cultural administration of the past decade to co-create a 'future cultural generation' for 2030.
The Ministry stated that looking back at the 2017 National Cultural Conference, the Ministry of Culture implemented the spirit of '21st-Century Total Cultural Development,' successively completing legislation for the 'Cultural Basic Law' and the 'National Languages Development Act.' It also established cultural organizations and facilities, including the Taiwan Creative Content Agency and the Taiwan Film and Audiovisual Institute. The opening of the National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts (Weiwuying) and the two major pop music centers in the north and south has fostered a thriving and collaborative local arts environment.
Furthermore, the Forward-looking Infrastructure Development Program has facilitated the planning and promotion of cultural living circles through projects like 'Recalibrating the Historic Scene' and 'Reconstructing Taiwan's Art History,' re-anchoring Taiwan's cultural subjectivity.
The National Cultural Conference held during the pandemic from 2021 to 2022 explored the challenges and opportunities for post-pandemic cultural development under the theme 'Culture, Ever-Flowing,' aiming to build a resilient Taiwan. In 2021, the first 'National Language Development Convention' was also held, which produced a national language development report. Concurrently, several 5G cultural technology projects were promoted, such as producing high-definition drama series, innovating audiovisual venue applications, and establishing the National Cultural Memory Bank, laying a foundation for digital cultural governance.
In the post-pandemic era of 2023, the Ministry of Culture used a special budget to promote measures including the Coming-of-Age Gift (Culture Points) and various revitalization measures for cultural industries. These were aimed at rapidly reorganizing the arts and culture sector and transforming cultural energy into the daily vitality of citizens. Simultaneously, it secured the 'Taiwan Cultural Black Tide' plan, a four-year, NT$10 billion initiative to expand Taiwan's cultural influence globally.
After Minister of Culture Li Yuan took office in 2024, he promoted 12 'Fertile Soil Projects' to strengthen Taiwan's cultural content and complete the industry ecosystem. This includes establishing the first 100 cultural hubs, making Culture Points a permanent program and lowering the distribution age to 13, and building support systems for creation, talent cultivation, and promotion/marketing of cultural content like picture books and comics.
Before the national conference, the Ministry will hold four regional forums starting June 5 at the Hualien Cultural and Creative Industries Park, Taipei's Huashan 1914 Creative Park, the Tainan Living Art Center, and the Ministry of Culture's Cultural Heritage Park in Taichung. A special session for teenagers will also be held on a separate date, inviting the new generation to join in the thinking process of cultural governance. Registration for the regional forums is now open. For more information, please visit the official website of the National Cultural Conference: https://nccwp.moc.gov.tw/home/.