Korea-Japan-China Share Joint Recognition on Contributing to Sustainable Development in Northeast Asia through ICT Cooperation

The 7th Korea-Japan-China ICT Ministerial Meeting Held

The three countries of Korea, Japan, and China agreed that cooperation in the field of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) will contribute to the sustainable development of Northeast Asia and serve as a foundation for solving global issues.

The Ministry of Science and ICT announced on the 11th that it attended the "7th Korea-Japan-China ICT Ministerial Meeting" held at the Jinji Lake Grand Hotel in Suzhou, China, where they discussed digital cooperation plans including this content.

Kang Do-hyun, the 2nd Vice Minister of the Ministry of Science and ICT, is attentively listening to a speech at the 7th Korea-Japan-China ICT Ministers' Meeting. Photo by the Ministry of Science and ICT

At this ministerial meeting, Kang Do-hyun, the 2nd Vice Minister, attended as the chief representative, along with Takuo Imagawa, Deputy Minister for International Cooperation of Japan’s Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, and Zhang Yunming, Vice Minister of China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology.

The trilateral ICT ministerial meetings were established in the early 2000s to effectively respond to the information and communication revolution triggered by the internet, becoming a representative ICT cooperation channel among the three countries. However, after the 6th meeting held in Japan in 2018, the meetings were suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic and other reasons, and have now resumed after more than seven years.

At this ICT ministerial meeting, representatives from the three countries exchanged views on development policies in the ICT sector, next-generation ICT technologies, the current status of innovative applications of digital technologies, challenges, and future initiatives.

The resumption of the 7th Korea-Japan-China ICT Ministerial Meeting was a result of the 9th Korea-Japan-China Summit held last May. The next meeting is scheduled to be held in Korea, the next chair country (following the order Korea → Japan → China → Korea), in connection with the 10th Korea-Japan-China Summit, according to a schedule agreed upon by the three countries.

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