"Miaoli County Cultural and Creative Industry Development Plan - Light Up Miaoli" Briefing Session

The "Miaoli County Cultural and Creative Industry Development Plan Briefing Session," organized by the International Culture and Tourism Bureau of the Miaoli County Government, will be held on July 24 (Friday) at 9:30 a.m. in the multi-function conference hall on the first floor of the Miaoli County Tourist Service Center. Friends from Miaoli's cultural and creative industries are welcome to join in this grand occasion.

This year, the International Culture and Tourism Bureau of Miaoli County secured a subsidy from the Ministry of Culture to promote the "2015 Miaoli County Cultural and Creative Industry Development Plan." Through multidimensional focus group discussions and in-depth interviews and communication with cultural and creative industry businesses, the plan formulates a cultural and creative industry strategy for Miaoli County, seeks out highlights of Miaoli's cultural and creative industries, and further assists the county's highlight industries to help form clusters, outlining the value and vision of Miaoli's cultural and creative sector.

Qiu Pengxin, Director-General of the International Culture and Tourism Bureau of Miaoli County, stated that in addition to providing a comprehensive explanation of this cultural and creative industry development plan, the briefing session specially invites Director Cui Jiaqi of Hsinchu Hongzhan Cultural and Creative to speak, based on his own experience, about the joys and hardships of starting a cultural and creative business and his experience in cross-industry collaboration. In addition, from August 10 (Monday) to September 5 (Saturday), four days per week, an advanced cultural and creative professional manager training course will be held at National United University, inviting renowned lecturers from academia and industry to teach courses on aesthetics, design, creativity, branding, marketing, intellectual property rights, and more, for a total of six courses and sixty hours.

It is recruiting people from all sectors who are interested in working in the cultural and creative industries to strengthen their professional knowledge and skills in the workplace. After the training course ends, an "Advanced Managers and Cross-Disciplinary Matchmaking Workshop" will be held to promote exchanges among manufacturers in Miaoli's cultural and creative highlight industries, facilitate cross-industry collaboration between the cultural and creative industries and other sectors, and pursue joint development in areas such as design, manufacturing, branding, and marketing, opening up a new future of [Culture · Creativity · New Miaoli].

Registration for this "Advanced Cultural and Creative Professional Manager Training Course" runs from now until August 7. Outstanding cultural and creative industry talents and operators in the county are welcome to sign up enthusiastically. The course is capped at forty-five participants, and registration will close once the quota is full. Those who wish to register should promptly contact the plan project office: 037-381447 (Industry Innovation Center, National United University) or visit the website of the International Culture and Tourism Bureau of the Miaoli County Government to download the brochure and register.