Kim Seongsu, Head of the Science and Technology Innovation Headquarters, Holds Inaugural Meeting of the 'So-Bu-Jang National Research Infrastructure Operations Committee'

[Asia Economy Reporter Eunmo Koo] On the 6th, the Ministry of Science and ICT announced that Kim Seong-su, Director of the Science and Technology Innovation Headquarters, attended the kickoff meeting of the Materials, Parts, and Equipment National Research Infrastructure (3N, National Research Lab (N-Lab), National Research Facility (N-Facility), National Research Team (N-Team)) Operating Committee, where he presented appointment letters to the operating committee members and listened to on-site opinions for improving the 3N system.

Since the export regulations imposed by Japan in July 2019, the Ministry of Science and ICT has designated 51 national research infrastructures as part of the ‘Materials, Parts, and Equipment Research and Development (R&D) Innovation Measures’ to promote full-cycle support for materials, parts, and equipment R&D, including core source technology development, process technology development for technology commercialization, and provision of testbeds.

Through this, not only have achievements been made in source technology development for materials, parts, and equipment?such as the world’s first mass low-cost source technology development for solid electrolytes and the development of core-shell structured fuel cell electrode catalyst technology with significantly improved performance (2 times) and durability (5 times)?but also numerous results have been produced across the entire cycle from technology development to industrialization, including process technology development for product localization, prototype production and testing support, and consulting to resolve difficulties in industrial sites.

The newly formed National Research Infrastructure (3N) Operating Committee consists of 15 representatives of 3N and will oversee comprehensive coordination of 3N activity plans, collection of field opinions, mediation of industry-academia-research collaboration, discovery of core technology and item technology demands, and overall management and communication functions of 3N activities and operations.

Director Kim Seong-su stated, “In the ongoing global value chain (GVC) crisis, localization of materials, parts, and equipment and securing core technologies are crucial,” adding, “We expect the Materials, Parts, and Equipment National Research Infrastructure (3N) to play an important role, and we will continue to develop the system based on field opinions.”

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