[Asia Economy Reporter Seulgina Jo] Jang Seok-young, the 2nd Vice Minister of the Ministry of Science and ICT, visited the Pohang Digital New Deal site on the 11th and stated, "The Digital New Deal is a nationwide project to overcome the economic crisis in the COVID-19 era and to achieve a great transition to a digital society."


This schedule is part of the Digital New Deal relay field communication that the Ministry of Science and ICT has been promoting since July to check the progress of the Digital New Deal site and listen to difficulties.


The sites visited that day included the Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH) Graduate School of Artificial Intelligence, a cradle for nurturing AI talent, and POSCO Lighthouse Factory, selected as a future-oriented factory utilizing 4th Industrial Revolution technologies. In addition, Vice Minister Jang visited the Pohang Post Office to inspect the quarantine site in response to COVID-19 and encouraged the staff.



He said, "We will listen to the voices from the field and actively reflect them in policies to create New Deal outcomes that companies and citizens can feel."


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