Bangmungyu Visits, Ministry of Industry's First 'Friday Night Meeting' by Sector

'Breakfast Meeting to Ignite the Spark of Economic Growth' Held
Minister of Industry Holds First Meeting on Advanced Robot Industry Topic

Minister Bang Moon-kyu of the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy is speaking at the National Assembly's Trade, Industry, Energy, Small and Medium Venture Business Committee audit held on October 10. Photo by Hyunmin Kim kimhyun81@

On the 13th, the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy announced that it held the '1st Friday Meeting' to foster the advanced robotics industry as the first inter-industry meeting since Minister Bang Moon-kyu took office.

The Friday Meeting is an abbreviation of the 'Friday Breakfast Meeting to Ignite the Spark of Economic Growth.' It was organized with the purpose of the Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy directly listening to the industry, solving problems, and promoting regulatory innovation to prepare policies that the industry can feel on the ground by sector.

The advanced robotics industry, which marks the beginning of the Friday Meeting, is expected to contribute to increasing manufacturing productivity, solving labor shortages, and creating a safe working environment, and is emerging as a new industry sector in itself. It is a field where information and communication technology (IT), artificial intelligence (AI), software (SW), advanced components, and various manufacturing and service sectors converge, showing high growth potential and strategic importance globally in many countries.

At this Friday Meeting, representatives from the robotics manufacturing, utilization, and startup sectors such as Robostar, HiZenRNM, Aiden Robotics, CIMS, and Hyundai Wia, as well as academic and research experts including Professor Cho Gyu-jin from Seoul National University, attended to discuss the current status of the domestic and international robotics industry and key urgent issues for growth. The industry proposed various agendas for the growth of the robotics industry, including revitalizing startups, enhancing technology such as components, creating markets and expanding distribution, and improving regulations.

Minister Bang Moon-kyu stated, "Starting with advanced robotics, we will promote Friday Meetings in a relay format for major manufacturing sectors such as steel and shipbuilding, and systematize directly listening on-site and reflecting policies to prepare policies that the industry can feel." He added, "The issues raised at this advanced robotics meeting will be reflected in the 'Advanced Robotics Industry Strategy' scheduled to be announced within this year."

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