Seventeen organizations representing the software industry, including the Korea Software Industry Association, announced on the 19th that they delivered six key policy tasks for digital innovation to the Policy Headquarters of the Democratic Party of Korea's Election Countermeasures Committee.
Seventeen organizations representing the software industry, including the Korea Software Industry Association, delivered six major policy tasks for digital innovation to the Policy Headquarters of the Democratic Party's Election Countermeasures Committee on the 19th. [Photo by Korea Software Industry Association]
The policy proposal delivery ceremony was attended by Lee Kwang-jae, Co-Chairman of the Democratic Party's Joint Election Committee, Jeong Tae-ho, Head of the Policy Headquarters, Ahn Jeong-sang, Chief Expert, Cho Jun-hee, President of the Korea Software Industry Association, and Vice President Kim Dong-cheol.
The policy proposal titled "A Digital Future Led by Innovation, a Promise of the 22nd National Assembly" was promoted to suggest industry recommendations aimed at overcoming the software technology gap and advancing Korea as a digital powerhouse ahead of the 22nd general election. It was also delivered to the People Power Party's Policy Committee on the 14th.
The six key tasks for digital future innovation include: ▲ Recognizing software value and improving transaction structures ▲ Advancing to a digital leading nation through innovation in the super-large artificial intelligence (AI) ecosystem ▲ Realizing a digitally unified Korea through cloud technology ▲ Establishing a growth foundation for new industries by fostering startups ▲ Activating software exports to expand digital territory ▲ Cultivating AI specialists to prepare for the era of digital transformation.
President Cho said, "Ahead of the general election, we have incorporated the voices and urgent issues of 400,000 software professionals into the policy tasks," adding, "We ask the Democratic Party, which has worked hard to revitalize the industry by proposing amendments to the Software Promotion Act to improve the public software project environment and realize fair compensation, as well as the enactment of the AI Ecosystem Activation Act in the 21st National Assembly, to continue its active interest going forward."
Chairman Lee stated, "To successfully lead digital transformation, one million digital talents are needed," and pledged, "We will take the lead in improving the treatment and protecting the rights of digital talents." He continued, "Extraordinary goals require extraordinary measures, and we will strive to ensure that the software industry's proposals are reflected."
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