Yanbian to host Northeast Asian cultural week

Northeast Asia's food, intangible heritage and folk performances will take center stage in the ethnic Korean autonomous prefecture of Yanbian in China's Jilin province from Sept 3 to 8.

The Northeast Asian Culture, Tourism and Food Week, which is hosted by Jilin's culture and tourism department and Yanbian's government, will feature 10 programs for participants from 36 ethnic groups from around China, who will also invited to present their cultures at the event.

"This year marks the 70th anniversary of the People's Republic of China's founding, and the beginning of cultural and tourism integration," says Zhang Yuzhen, a senior official with Yanbian's culture and tourism bureau.