Dongbanwi to Develop Demand Creation Measures for Printing Paper Industry

The 1st Printing Industry-Paper Industry Win-Win Council Meeting Held

[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Heeyoon] The Win-Win Growth Committee (Chairman Kwon Ki-hong) announced on the 25th that it held the 'Printing-Printing Paper Industry Large and Small Business Win-Win Council' to create demand in the printing and paper industries.

At this meeting, to promote win-win cooperation between large paper companies and small printing businesses, agenda items such as ▲plans for publishing paper newsletters ▲measures to expand exports of printed materials ▲and establishing appropriate cost calculation methods for printed materials were discussed.

The Committee stated that it plans to propose measures to create demand for printing paper, such as the 'Book Gift Campaign,' as agenda items for win-win growth discussions, while also making efforts to promote awareness to dispel misunderstandings about paper usage.

Pulp, the raw material for paper, must be commercialized only after proving that it uses wood from planned cultivation and does not damage natural forests through international forest certification. The Committee added that as informatization advances, electricity consumption increases, leading to claims that paper use can be more environmentally friendly. Since paper is infinitely recyclable, it is gaining attention as a future eco-friendly material contributing to carbon neutrality and a plastic-free society.

Furthermore, the Committee explained that the decline in South Korean students' ranking in the reading domain of the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) from 1st place worldwide in 2006 to 6th place in 2018 is also influenced by digitalization, and therefore, there is an opinion that encouraging book reading is necessary to improve literacy among Korean students.

The Committee plans to send notices urging large corporations and public institutions to use small printing companies when publishing printed materials and to establish appropriate cost calculation methods for printed materials.

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