World Winter Cities Association for Mayors World Winter City News Secretariat: City of Sapporo, Kita 1 Nishi 2, Chuo-ku, Sapporo 060-8611, Japan tel: +81-11-211-2032 fax: +81-11-218-5168; e-mail: [email protected] web site: http://www.city.sapporo.jp/somu/kokusai/wwcam

April 2014

Hwacheon Declaration and Resolution Adopted The sixteenth Mayors Conference concluded with a plenary session at which a Hwacheon Declaration and Resolution were proposed by Hwacheon and the WWCAM Secretariat and were adopted unani- mously. Mayor Jeong Gab-cheol of Hwacheon and Sapporo Mayor Ueda, president of the WWCAM, signed the document. Attendees at the 2004 Mayors Conference in An- chorage witnessed arctic ice melting and with that experience as a motivator, environmental preserva- tion has been a topic and a theme of subsequent Mayors Conferences. WWCAM city representatives at the sixteenth Mayors Con- Our environment is a universal concern requiring ference in Hwacheon, Korea. continual attention, and the Hwacheon Declaration 16th Mayors Conference states that “We [WWCAM members] will continue our discussions on environmental issues including coun- Held in Hwacheon, Korea termeasures to global warming and energy issues, and transmit the outcome of our efforts to the world.” he sixteenth biennial conference of the World The Declaration also states “To lead the international Winter Cities Association for Mayors (WWCAM) community in tackling environmental issues is the role Twas successfully held in Hwacheon, Korea, 16 to of the winter cities,” and “We will put forth our utmost 18 January 2014, with the participation of 60 represen- efforts in addressing these issues.” tatives of twelve cities from four countries. The main theme of the Hwacheon Mayors Conference was “Con- servation of Nature and Natural Resources in a Winter City, and Sustainable Application Methods.” Representatives of WWCAM member cities made presentations on how to utilize natural resources to make cities more attractive while conserving the natu- ral environment. WWCAM cities also made final reports on environmental action goals in accordance with the Ulaanbaatar Declaration adopted at the fifteenth May- ors Conference in 2012. The reports recognized city achievements and highlighted the importance of the environmental preservation that is conducted by cities of varying sizes and in diverse countries. WWCAM member cities participating in the six- teenth Mayors Conference in Hwacheon included Changchun, Harbin, Jiamusi, Jixi, Qiqihar, and Shenyang, China; Hwacheon, Inje, and Taebaek, Republic of Ko- rea; and Matsumoto and Sapporo, Japan. The city of Mayor Jeong Gab-cheol of Hwacheon County and Rovaniemi, Finland, participated in the conference as an Mayor Fumio Ueda of Sapporo display the Hwacheon observer. Declaration.

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Conference Presentations Jixi: Bordering the Russia Primorsky Territory, Jixi’s Presentations by WWCAM cities at the Hwacheon goal is to develop China-Russia border tourism. The city Mayor’s Conference comprised two sessions. also plays a role in the promotion of Chinese calligra- Session A: Development of tourism and the promotion phy, which has made the city historically important. of tourism industry using natural resources. Qiqihar: Since Qiqihar is noted as a homeland of the Sapporo: Projection mapping was displayed on one crane, ecological tourism featuring these birds is promi- of the giant snow statues nent. Local enclaves of ethnic Koreans at the Snow Festival. In and Mongolians are popular with tourists. recognition of the event, Shenyang: Shenyang promotes its Sapporo was appointed historical and cultural heritage and snow to the UNESCO Creative and winter activities, such as winter festi- Cities Network in the vals, ski resorts, and hot spring spas. category of Media Arts in Matsumoto: To attract visitors to November 2013. Matsumoto in the winter season, the city Hwacheon: The San- is developing attractions, such as an eight- cheoneo Ice Festival, first meter high “snow wall,” with the hope to held in 2003, has become Mayor Jeong Gab-cheol of Hwacheon revitalize tourism here. one of the preminent County makes presentation on city planning Korean festivals. Part of utilizing Sancheoneo Festival. Session B: Enhancing winter cities through the festival entry fee is returned to visitors in the form environmental protection. of a gift certificate that can be used at Hwacheon shops, Jiamusi: To cope with rapidly progressing urbaniza- contributing to the local economy. tion and industrialization, the city is urging the devel- Changchun: The Changchun Snow and Ice Festival opment of new environmentally clean industries. The has been held for 17 years since it was inaugurated in city has been carrying out environment protection by January 1998. The festival has contributed to the revital- setting air pollution control goals and enforcing water ization of local tourism. pollution control. Harbin: The Harbin International Ice and Snow Fes- Inje: Inje has been carrying out environmental pres- tival is held every January. Winter in Harbin is harsh, but ervation using Effective Microorganisms (EM) whose the climate becomes resort-like in summer. East meet antioxidant activity is beneficial to human health. EM West here, offering visitors many cultural experiences. can purify sources of pollution economically.

Cities Report on Energy Use Changchun, Jiamusi, Sapporo, and Hwacheon reported Sapporo: Goal—Install solar power generation sys- their goals and achievements on the use of energy for tems in 180 municipal facilities, for a total of approx. heating. Other cities also made reports, including Matsu- 2,600kW by the end of 2014. moto, Inje, and Shenyang. Achievement—Solar power generation systems, were Changchun: Goal—By the year 2015, the urban installed at 126 locations by environment should be improved, with better December 2013. infrastructure and living conditions. Achievement—In 2013, emissions of SO2 were Hwacheon: Goal—Reduce reduced by 7,676 tons, and oxynitride by 8,061 use of electricity by five tons, surpassing the reductions of 2012. The city percent at local public campaigns to reduce consumption of natural buildings in peak season. resources. Achievement—By switching to LED lighting government Jiamusi: Goal—Heating an area of 4.25 million buildings, energy consumed square meters utilizing waste heat. Mr. Sun Zhen yong, vice mayor of was reduced by six percent Achievement—The city surpassed its goal, heat- Jiamusi makes presentation on ef- in 2012, and by two per- ing an area of 4.3 million square meters. fective use of energy. cent in 2013. World Winter City News 3

Mayors Discuss City Planning Challenges The county of Hwacheon with its Sancheoneo Ice Festival and Rovaniemi, Finland, with its Santa Claus Since it was founded as the Northern Intercity Confer- home have both ence of Mayors, the WWCAM Mayors Conference has been making ef- been characterized as an event where mayors can meet forts to use local and candidly exchange opinions on common issues that resources for tour- challenge winter cities, providing opportunities for cit- ism promotion. ies to learn from each other. For the Mayors Conference Matsumoto, in Hwacheon, a Mayors Discussion Time was established Japan, on the other specifically to discuss city planning challenges and solu- hand, has been tions. The following are a few of the issues that were carrying out proj- raised. ects that have as a In Harbin and Shenyang, China, residents have been goal the health of paying keener attention to the protection of the en- residents under the vironment, which has deteriorated due to economic Mr. Akira Sugenoya, mayor of slogan “Sustainable Matsumoto, introduced city plan- growth and urbanization. Improvement of transporta- Healthy City.” ning focusing on health. tion infrastructure, including public transportation The city of Inje systems and road networks is required to solve traffic has been working on a variety measures to revitalize tra- congestion. ditional markets and the local economy.

Environmental Protection Subcommittee Final Report the non-heating season road dust comes first in the list of causes, and wind dust, industrial coal burning dust, A final report on the activities of the Environmental and vehicle exhaust follow. Features of PM2.5 pollu- Protection Subcommittee was presented at the Mayors tion in spring and summer were also identified, which Conference by Changchun, China, which has been the helped prevent and relieve air pollution. subcommittee’s secretariat since the subcommittee was established at the Maardu Conference in 2010. The Negative impact of snowmelt agents (SMA) Changchun has been in- on the environment volved in two projects since The Environmental Protection the subcommitte was formed: Subcommittee made a study of the analyses of sources of par- impact of chloric SMA on the envi- ticulate matter in the air in ronment, including an analysis of its winter season and an investi- effect on water and soil. gation of the negative impact Market research on environment- of snowmelting agents on the friendly SMA as well as the environ- environment. Changchun has mental, economic, and social ben- presented five reports since efits from its use was also made. the Working-Level Officials In cooperation with local busi- Meeting was held in Ulaan- Mr. Ling Zheng kai, vice secretary of the CPC nesses, Changchun developed Committee of Changchun Environmental baatar in July 2010. environment-friendly SMAs, such as Protection. non-chloric SMA and calcium magne- Analysis of source of particulate matter sium acetate (CMA) SMA. The team also conducted tests in the air in winter on the products and planned countermeasures to pollu- Software for PM10 analysis was developed to analyze tion caused by SMA and to environmental deterioration the atmosphere of Changchun, and features, proportion, by organic SMA. Newly developed non-chlorine SMA is and causes of PM10 were identified. The causes of PM10 a liquid, and can be sprayed using existing devices. The are different in heating and non-heating seasons. In the new product is the same cost as those used now, so the heating season wind dust is the top cause of PM10 fol- new product is expected to be more economical when lowed by road dust and industrial coal burning dust. In expenses for repair caused by corrosion are included. 4 World Winter City News

Hwacheon’s World Winter City Promotion Pavilion

During the recent Sancheo- In another area of the Win- neo Ice Festival in Hwacheon, ter City Promotion Pavilion, visitors gathered at the World the winter festivals of Hwa- Winter City Promotion Pavilion cheon, Korea; Sapporo, Japan; to view videos that introduced Harbin, China; and Quebec City, member cities of the WWCAM Canada were introduced in 3D to festival-goers to publicize the photographs. many activities of the associa- More than one million tour- tion. The pavilion was located in ists visited the Sancheoneo the Eolgomi Snow Castle, which Ice Festival this year and they was in a central location of the The Winter City Promotion Pavilion was a popu- showed keen interest in the busy Sancheoneo Ice Festival. lar feature at Sancheoneo Ice Festival. winter cities exhibits. Sapporo to Host 2016 Mayors Sapporo conducted projection mapping on a large snow statue at the recent Snow Festival, in a new effort Conference since the city was recognized by the UNESCO Creative The seventeenth Mayors Cities Network last year and Conference will be hosted accepted in the Network in by the city of Sapporo in the category of “media art,” 2016, the second time for the first Asian city in this Sapporo since the inaugural category and the second Mayors Conference in 1982, internationally. 34 years ago. The Sapporo International Sapporo has been working Art Festival, a feature event on a “Creative City Sap- of the “Creative City Sap- poro” project that connects poro” project, is planned for the creativity and ideas of the summer of 2014. Winter residents to urban dynamism city representatives will be and economic vitalization. As Projection mapping with lasers is a new attraction of welcomed to Sapporo in one of the project elements, the Sapporo Snow Festival. summer 2014 and in 2016.

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