The government has decided to add four new tasks to its ultra-innovative economy project: superconductors, K-bio, K-digital healthcare, and K-content. This brings the total number of tasks for the 15 leading ultra-innovative economy projects to 20. The Ministry of Economy and Finance announced the fourth implementation plan for the 15 ultra-innovative economy projects at a meeting on the 16th.
On August 22, the government presented 15 leading projects for the ultra-innovative economy as part of its new economic growth strategy. It has been operating 20 public-private joint task forces centered on companies to gather field opinions and announced implementation plans for 16 tasks across 13 projects over the past three months. In this fourth announcement, the government unveiled plans for four new tasks: superconductors in the national strategic advanced materials and components sector, K-bio global commercialization support, K-digital healthcare, and K-content.
The superconductor task aims to advance high-temperature superconductor magnet technology and develop practical application technologies in fields such as medical, energy, and transportation. The K-bio global commercialization support task will shift the structure from technology transfer to direct sales in the global market. K-digital healthcare will expand and strengthen the overseas expansion of existing ICT-based medical systems and utilize global bases such as overseas acquired hospitals to create and spread new export models.
K-content aims to strengthen the industrial growth base and provide comprehensive support for global expansion in response to the growing global interest in Korean culture. The government plans to provide package support in finance, taxation, human resources, and regulation to visibly produce results from these projects. Over the next five years, the government will focus on creating tangible results through collaboration between public-private joint task forces and relevant ministries.