Sung Yun-mo Personally Oversees CES... "First Ministerial Visit in 16 Years"

Sung Yun-mo, Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy./Photo by Hyunmin Kim kimhyun81@

[Asia Economy Reporter Moon Chaeseok] Sung Yun-mo, Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy, will attend CES (Consumer Electronic Show), the world's largest home appliance exhibition. It is the first time in 16 years that a Korean minister has traveled to CES, and the first time for a minister of the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy.

On the 6th, the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy announced that Minister Sung will visit Las Vegas and San Francisco, USA, from that day until the 9th. Minister Sung's visit to CES is the first by a minister in 16 years since Jin Dae-je, former Minister of Information and Communication, in 2004. He is the first minister from the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy to do so.

Minister Sung will attend the '2020 CES Exhibition,' the world's largest home appliance and IT exhibition, in Las Vegas, and will participate in meetings with exhibiting companies and interviews with global corporations.

After reviewing the latest global technologies and future industry trends, he aims to examine government policy directions in the industrial and technological sectors to enable innovative growth in Korean industries and to discover specific policy tasks based on this.

He will also meet with global IT companies such as Google and Uber. At this meeting, Minister Sung plans to promote expanded cooperation between Korean and American industries in advanced sectors such as smart homes and future vehicles.

In San Francisco, he will attend an investment roundtable, meet with U.S. materials, parts, and equipment companies, and then visit Korean companies' sites.

An investment roundtable will be held targeting U.S. innovative companies to actively attract Korean investment in semiconductors, the hydrogen economy, and startups. In particular, plans to discuss ways to expand cooperation between Korean and American companies in the materials, parts, and equipment sectors will be pursued.

An official from the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy said, "Through the preparation of highly effective policies reflecting the vivid voices from the field, we will prepare the foundation for our industries and companies to lead the upcoming Fourth Industrial Revolution era."

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