"Factory Licensing Process Becomes Easier"... Diplejung Holds On-Site Meeting

Listening to Opinions from Companies and Local Governments
Expected Cost Savings of 420 Billion KRW over 5 Years

The Presidential Commission on the Digital Platform Government (Diplejeong) shared the progress of the 'Simple Licensing Service' aimed at minimizing inconveniences for businesses on-site.

The Simple Licensing Service is one of the plans announced in April to realize the Digital Platform Government. It is being promoted to reduce the inconveniences experienced during the complex licensing application process, such as factory establishment.

The service aims to provide a one-stop licensing service from preliminary consulting?including factory site recommendations, various regulatory information, and facility simulations?to preparation, application, processing, and result confirmation.

Diplejeong held an on-site meeting on the 2nd at the Korea Industrial Complex Corporation Seoul Regional Headquarters conference room to listen to the voices of businesses and local governments in the field.

The licensing TF within Diplejeong established an informatization strategy plan for the factory licensing preliminary consulting service last month in collaboration with the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, and others. After system modifications and improvements, related services are planned to begin by the end of next year.

Chairman Ko Jin expressed expectations that the Simple Licensing Service will minimize inconveniences for businesses. He also urged that digital twin-based consulting services expand to other licensing fields such as construction, environment, and disaster management, starting with factories.

He stated, "We will promptly realize a Digital Platform Government that allows citizens and businesses to directly experience its effects up close."

Park Jong-bae, director of the Korea Industrial Complex Corporation, predicted that if this improvement plan is incorporated into the government system, it could save 420 billion KRW over five years in time and external consulting costs for factory site searches.

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