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The hub of exchange &
cooperation in Northeast Asia

Affiliation Procedure

NEAR is open to all.

Any local government that is located in the Northeast Asian region and shares the same founding philosophy of the Association can join NEAR via the prescribed formalities.

Qualifications of Membership

Member - Regional governments in the People’s Republic of China, Japan, the Republic of Korea, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Mongolia, and the Federation of Russia in Northeast Asia which have agreed to the founding philosophy of the Association.

Associate Member - Regional governments of countries which are located in Asia excluding the Northeast region and have agreed to the founding philosophy of the Association.

Affiliation Procedure

  • Application(for member) : Download
  • Application(for associate member) : Download
  • Filling out Application Form (Authorized by Governor)
  • Submitting to NEAR Secretariat
  • Qualifying Observer Membership
  • Approving at General Assembly or Working Committee
  • Official Membership
     (Associate Membership)

Location of NEAR Members

Location of NEAR Members

Members

  • In 1996, the year when NEAR was founded, 29 local governments from four countries – Heilongjiang Province, Shandong Province, and Henan Province of China; Aomori Prefecture, Fukui Prefecture, Hyogo Prefecture, Ishikawa Prefecture, Kyoto Prefecture, Niigata Prefecture, Shimane Prefecture, Tottori Prefecture, and Toyama Prefecture of Japan; Gyeonggi-do Province, Gangwon-do Province, Chungcheongbuk-do Province, Chungcheongnam-do Province, Jeollabuk-do Province, Jeollanam-do Province, Gyeongsangbuk-do Province, Gyeongsangnam-do Province, and Jeju Special Self-Governing Province of South Korea; Amur Region, Chita Region[Chita Region was integrated into Zabaikalsky Territory along with Aginsky Buryatsky Region on March 1, 2008.] , Irkutsk Region, Kamchatka Territory, Khabarovsk Territory, the Republic of Buryatia, the Republic of Sakha(Yakutia), and Sakhalin Region of Russia – participated
  • As of 1998, 32 regional governments from five countries
    • Yamagata Prefecture of Japan, Tuv Province of Mongolia, and Primorsky Territory of Russia joined
    • Liaoning Province participated as an observer
  • As of 2000, 34 regional governments from five countries
    • Yamagata Prefecture of Japan, Tuv Province of Mongolia, and Primorsky Territory of Russia joined
    • Liaoning Province participated as an observer
  • As of 2002, 37 regional governments from five countries
    • Selenge Province of Mongolia, and Hamgyeongbuk-do Province and Rasun City of North Korea joined
  • As of September 2006, 64 regional governments from six countries
    • Hubei Province and Hunan Province of China; Daegu Metropolitan City of South Korea; Ulaanbaatar City, Dornod Province, Sukhbaatar Province, Khentii Province, Dornogovi Province, Dundgovi Province, Umnugovi Province, Bulgan Province, Uvurkhangai Province, Bayankhongor Province, Arkhangai Province, Khuvsgul Province, Zavkhan Province, Govi-Altai Province, Khovd Province, Uvs Province, Bayan-Ulgii Province, Orkhon Province, Govisumber Province, and Darkhan-Uul Province of Mongolia; Tomsk Region, Krasnoyarsk Territory, the Republic of Tuva, and Altai Territory of Russia joined
  • As of September 2008, 69 regional governments from six countries
    • Incheon Metropolitan City, Gwangju Metropolitan City, Daejeon Metropolitan City, and Ulsan Metropolitan City of South Korea and Magadan Region of Russia joined
  • As of October 2010, 70 regional governments from six countries
    • Kemerovo Region of Russia joined
  • As of July 2012, 71 regional governments from six countries
    • Sejong Self-Governing City of South Korea joined
  • As of October 2014, 73 regional governments from six countries
    • Jilin Province of China and the Republic of Khakassia of Russia joined
  • As of October 2016, 77 regional governments from six countries
    • Shanxi Province, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Shaanxi Province, and Anhui Province of China joined
  • As of October 2018, 78 regional governments from six countries and one associate member
    • Akita Prefecture of Japan joined
    • Ho Chi Minh City of Vietnam joined as an associate member
  • As of August 2021, 79 regional governments from six countries and one associate member regional government
    • Liaoning Province of China joined
지역단체 목록
No Member Local Government Tel Address Website
1 Anhui Province +86-551-62703790 安徽省合肥市包河区中山路1号省行政中心3号楼 홈페이지
2 Heilongjiang Province +86-451-53631091 黑龙江省哈尔滨市南岗区果戈里大街300 홈페이지
3 Henan Province +86-371-65902281 河南省郑州市金水区金水路15号 홈페이지
4 Hubei Province +86-27-87122256 湖北省武汉市武昌区八一路3号 홈페이지
5 Hunan Province +86-731-82217493 / 82219825 湖南省长沙市芙蓉区韶山北路12号 홈페이지
6 Jilin Province +86-431-88905587 吉林省长春市新发路300号 홈페이지
7 Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region +86-471-4824679 内蒙古自治区呼和浩特市赛罕区敕勒川大街1号党政综合楼 홈페이지
8 Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region +86-951-5044678 宁夏回族自治区银川市兴庆区凤凰北街106号 홈페이지
9 Shandong Province +86-531-86061732 山东省济南市历下区千佛山西路28-1 홈페이지
10 Shanxi Province +86-351-2118132 山西省太原市迎泽区迎泽大街366号 홈페이지
11 Shaanxi Province +86-29-87290355 陕西省西安市新城区西新街1号 홈페이지
12 Liaoning Province +86-24-86892113 辽宁省沈阳市北陵大街45-4号 홈페이지
13 Gansu Province +86-931-8720733 甘肃省兰州市城关区南昌路805号 홈페이지