General Assembly

The General Assembly is the supreme legislative body of the Association, which consist of representatives of member regional governments and is held every two years.

• Appointment of auditors
• Amendment of Charters
• Approval of budget, projects plans, settlement of accounts
• Determination of the termination and liquidation of Association
• Resolution of member admission and dismissal
• Determination of agendas related to the next General Assembly
• Determination and execution of business plans of NEAR
• Determination of membership fees
• Determination of other necessary issues

Former Chairs

• The 1st Chair (Sept. 1996 - Sept. 1998) : Governor Lee Eui Geun (Gyeongsangbuk-do Province, Korea)
• The 2nd Chair (Sept. 1998 - Sept. 2000) : Governor Nakaiki Yutaka (Toyama Prefecture, Japan)
• The 3rd Chair (Sept. 2000 - Sept. 2002) : Governor Ido Toshizo (Hyogo Prefecture, Japan)
• The 4th Chair (Sept. 2002 - Sept. 2002) : Governor Victor I. lshaev (Khabarovsk Territory, Russia)
• The 5th Chair (Sept. 2002 - Sept. 2004) : Governor Zhang Zuo Ji (Heilongjiang Province, China)
• The 6th Chair (sept. 2004 - Sept. 2006) : Mayor Hur, Nam-Sik (Busan Metropolitan City, Korea)
• The 7th Chair (Sept. 2006 - Sept. 2008) : Governor Jiang Daming (Shandong province, China)
• The 8th Chair (Sept. 2008 - Sept. 2010) : Governor Kim Moon Soo (Gyeonggi-do Province, Korea)
• The 9th Chair (Oct. 2010 - Oct. 2012) : Governor Wang Zhengwei (Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, China)
• The 10th Chair (Jul. 2012 - Jun. 2014): Governor Park Jun-young (Jeollanam-do Province, South Korea)
•  (Jul.2014 - Oct. 2010): Governor Lee Nak-yon (Jeollanam-do Province, South Korea)
• The 11th Chair (Nov. 2012 - Sep. 2015): Governor Yaroshenko Sergey (Irkutsk Region, Russia)
•  (Oct. 2015 - Sep. 2016): Governor Levchenko Sergey (Irkutsk Region, Russia)
• The 12th Chair (November. 2016 – October. 2018): Governor Xu Dazhe (Hunan Province, China)
• The 13th Chair (November. 2018 – Present): Acting Head Aysen Nikolaeve (Sakha Republic, Russia)

The working committee consists of director-general lever senior administrative staffs nominated by the head of each member regional governments. The chair of working committee shall convene a meeting at least once a year.

• Discussion of business plans and individual projects
• Documentation of annual reports and audit reports
• Coordination of opinions among members
• Determination of establishment of sub-committees (composition, function and operation)
• Determination of issues delegated by the Genera; Assembly to the Working Committee
• Discussion of substantial measures to promote exchange in Northeast Asia

Sub-Committees

Each sub-committee consists of directors of local government divisions who have interest in the field that each sub-committee is in charge of. Meetings may be convened if necessary.