- Date: 28 August 2019
- Place: Governor’s Office at Gangwon-do Provincial Government
- Participants: Mr. Choi, Moon-soon (Gangwon-do Provincial Government Governor), Mr. Won, Chang-muk (Wonju City Mayor), public officers of Gangwon-do Provincial Government and Wonju City, and key personnel of Wonju Creativity Culture City Support Center

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Korea’s Central Government designated Wonju City one of candidate cities for Culture City Creation. Culture City Creation is one of key projects currently done by Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

In Gangwon-do Province(comprising of seven cities and eleven counties), Wonju city became the only candidate city for Culture City Creation. As a candidate, Wonju city, in coordination with Wonju Creativity Culture City Support Center, an independent organization set up to conduct culture-related projects, is currently carrying out a series of pilot projects this year.

With Gangwon-do Provincial Government, Wonju city signed a Memorandum of Understanding to carry out projects this year and after Wonju becomes one of successful cities to be announced at the year’s end.