The INNOVATION GROWTH ENGINE
Leading preparations for the Fourth Industrial Revolution
To strategically nurture new industries based on R&D, the Korean government established the Innovation Growth Engine policy, which includes measures to efficiently promote growth engines and enhanced support strategies.
Convergence services
Ministry of Science
SmartCity
Solutions to Urban Problems
By 2022, a sustainable smart city platform and innovative model with intelligent technologies will be implemented to solve various urban problems.
Virtual and Augmented Reality
Fusion of VR and AR with various industries
Elevating core technologies of VR/AR-fused content / services / platforms / devices and accelerating the fusion of various industries [education, manufacturing, defense, etc.]
Customized Healthcare
Personalised healthcare and precision medicine
Development and implementation of personalised healthcare and precision medicine systems, and ICT-based convergent medical. devices by 2022
Intelligent Robot
Medical Safety Service Robot
Improving productivity and quality of life by developing and promoting intelligent manufacturing robots and medical-safety service robots by 2022.
The Industrial Base
Innovative New Drugs
Development of 100 New Drug Candidates
Development of innovative new drugs through new drug candidate discovery and non-clinical / Clinical studies.
New and Renewable Energy.
Increase renewable energy portion in the total amount of electricity generation
Achieving 20% of total electricity generation by 2030
Intelligent Semiconductors.
Development of AI Semiconductors devices.
Acquire core technologies for Al semiconductors by 2022, including ultra low-power nano-scale devices and neuromorphic chips .
Advanced Materials.
Lightweight Materials for Aviation and Automobiles.
Develop lightweight materials for the transportation equipment and localize the machining systems [including the machining tools] for the advanced materials by 2022
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The Intelligent Infraestructure
Big Data
Open and utilize big data
To improve the precision of big data predictive analytics, and establish a high quality big data database by 2022
Next Generation Communications
5G, IoT commercialization
Unveil and spread convergence services through commercialization of 5G and loT hyper-connection service by 2022
Artificial Intelligence
AI Core Technology Development
Promptly overcoming the technological gap through the development and dissemination of core Al technologies, and strengthening technological competitiveness by securing original next-generation Al technologies.
The smart moving objects
Ministry of Science
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Autonomous (Driving) Vehicles
Level 3 Autonomous Driving
Actual Road Operation of Level 3 Autonomous Vehicles and Construction of Autonomous Transport Systems by 2020
Drone (UAV: Unmanned Aerial Vehicle)
Public Use and Commercial UAV Supply
Technology development and commercialization of public and industrial drones.