The Strategic Plan for Fostering New Business in the Information and Communication Industry

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The Strategic Plan for Fostering New Business in
the Information and Communication Industry

• September 2, 99
• Jong-Tae Leem
• Ministry of Information and Communication
• Republic of Korea

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Introduction of Cyber Korea 21

• Emergence of a Knowledge-Based Society
• Information and knowledge is the prime source of
  added value
• Koreas Vision for a Knowledge-Based Information
  Society
• Cyber Korea 21 is the Korean Governments
  blueprint for building an Information Society by
  2002

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Vision and Objective
Construction of a Creative Knowledge-based Nation

• Increasing the share of GDP of the
  knowledge-based industries to that of the OECD
  countries by 2002.
• Becoming one of the top ten advanced information
  societies in the world by the year 2002

Improving National Productivity
Establishing the Informaton Infrastructure
Creating New Business Facilitating IT Industry
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Key Initiatives of Cyber Korea 21
Establishing the Information Infrastructure for
a Knowledge-Based Society
Increasing National Productivity by Utilizing
the Information Infrastructure
Creating New Business Facilitating the IT
Industry
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The New Business Policy of the 21st Century in
the Information and Communication
Facilitating the S/W Industry
Fostering the IT Parts Components Industry
Fostering IT Human Resources
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Fostering the S/W Industry(1)

• Establishment of a Business Friendly Environment
• Concentration of S/W Companies
• Intensive Investment in the RD of S/W Technology

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Fostering S/W Industry(2)
Fostering the S/W Industry(2)

• Promotion of Penetrating Foreign Market s
• The Silicon Road Project
• Fostering the IP, Video Game and Animation
  Industries

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Intensive Assistance in the RD of
Critical IT Parts and Component

• Encouraging International Joint Research
• Optical Wireless Equipment Parts Components
• Optic Storage Device Sector
• Non-Memory Chip(ASIC)

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Fostering Related Human Resources

• Improving IT Education Research Environment
• Providing IT Job Training
• IT Education Program for Women, Peolpe in
  uniformand the Disabled

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Additional Initiatives of Cyber Korea 21

• Five Year Master Plan for Technological
  Development of Information Communication
• Supporting New Start-up Venture Business
• Vitalizing E-commerce
• Promoting Digital Broadcasting

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