Kukpyowon Entrusts KS 3,867 Types to 9 Ministries and Cheong This Year

"Strengthening Standardized Cross-Ministerial Collaboration in the Post-Corona Era"

[Asia Economy Reporter Moon Chaeseok] The National Institute of Technology and Standards under the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy announced on the 10th that it will issue a public notice on entrusted industrial standards and entrusted ministries this year to strengthen inter-ministerial collaboration in the artificial intelligence (AI) and untact industries.

Since 2015, the National Institute of Technology and Standards has been operating a "cross-ministerial participatory national standard system" in which multiple ministries participate and cooperate in the development and operation of national standards.

Each ministry develops and operates standards related to its field of work, while the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy oversees and coordinates to maintain consistency in national standards.

This year, 9 ministries will be entrusted with KS 3,867 types (18.6% of the total). Through this, timely development of KS standards necessary for industry and consumers will be supported.

The participating ministries include the Ministry of Science and ICT, Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, Ministry of Environment, Ministry of Employment and Labor, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries, Ministry of Food and Drug Safety, Korea Forest Service, and Korea Meteorological Administration.

The National Institute of Technology and Standards will carry out KS development in new industrial fields such as key industries and BIG3 (future cars, system semiconductors, bio-health), and hydrogen technology.

This year, it will advance the standardization collaboration system between ministries and industries in information technology fields such as AI and the Internet of Things.

Lee Seung-woo, head of the National Institute of Technology and Standards, said, "Marking the 5th year since the introduction of the cross-ministerial participatory national standard system, we will actively develop successful cases of inter-ministerial standardization cooperation such as the international standardization of the K-quarantine model," adding, "We will conduct a comprehensive evaluation of the achievements over the past five years and develop the national standard system in a direction that strengthens inter-ministerial standard cooperation in the post-COVID era."

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