The government has decided to add four new tasks to its ultra-innovative economy project: superconductors, K-bio, K-digital healthcare, and K-content. With this, all 20 tasks of the 15 leading ultra-innovative economy projects have been confirmed. The Ministry of Economy and Finance announced the fourth implementation plan for the 15 ultra-innovative economy projects at the Industrial Competitiveness Enhancement Ministers’ Meeting and Growth Strategy TF held on the 16th.
On August 22, the government presented 15 leading ultra-innovative economy projects through its new economic growth strategy. It has been operating 20 public-private joint task forces centered on companies, collecting field opinions, and announcing implementation plans for 16 tasks of 13 projects over the past three months. In this fourth announcement, implementation plans for four tasks, including superconductors, K-bio global commercialization support, K-digital healthcare, and K-content, were announced.
The superconductor task aims to advance the source technology of high-temperature superconducting magnets and promote practical technology development focusing on applications in medical, energy, and transportation fields. The K-bio global commercialization support task aims to support the transition from a technology transfer-centered structure to a direct sales structure in the global market. K-digital healthcare aims to expand and strengthen the overseas expansion of existing ICT-based medical systems and spread new export models.
K-content aims to respond to the growing global interest in Korean culture by promoting comprehensive support for industrial growth and global expansion. The government plans to focus on package support, including finance, taxation, manpower, and regulation, to visibly create results from this project. Over the next five years, it will make every effort to create visible results through collaboration between the public-private joint task force and related ministries.