Gyeonggi Province to Advance Child Meal Support Platform Using AI

Gyeonggi Province is launching the nation's first project to advance an integrated child meal support platform utilizing artificial intelligence (AI).

On July 23, Gyeonggi Province held a kickoff briefing session at the Gyeonggi Provincial Government Office in Gwanggyo, Suwon, to share the development direction and promotion plan for the next-generation meal support system utilizing AI and big data.

This advancement project is being pursued under three main objectives: improving meal quality, reducing administrative workload, and enhancing the transparency of subsidy execution.

For children receiving meals and their guardians, a dedicated app will be provided, offering AI-based meal menu and nutrition analysis services, GPS-based partner store search, and real-time balance inquiry, aiming to improve both the quality and convenience of meal services.

For local child centers providing group meals, the system will offer automated subsidy aggregation and AI-based automatic settlement functions to reduce administrative burdens such as manual reconciliation.

Gyeonggi Province held a kickoff briefing session on the 23rd at the Gyeonggi Provincial Government Office in Gwanggyo, Suwon, to share the development direction and promotion plan of the next-generation meal support system utilizing AI and big data. Provided by Gyeonggi Province

City and county officials will be able to use big data to streamline budget execution and allocation, as well as monitor meal card misuse in real time through AI-based monitoring.

In particular, this project is characterized by its active incorporation of feedback from the field. A wide range of practitioner-centered opinions, including the development of features needed by meal service staff, have been collected and will continue to be fully reflected in system design and feature development going forward.

Once the advancement is complete, it is expected that not only will higher-quality meals be provided to children, but also that the repetitive administrative processes previously faced by city, county, and local child center staff will be significantly simplified.

Gyeonggi Province plans to implement the project in stages, with full-scale system development and pilot operation in the second half of the year, aiming for full adoption next year.

Kwon Moonju, head of the Child Care Division at Gyeonggi Province, stated, "The core of this project is to provide safer and more balanced meals to children while dramatically improving administrative efficiency and transparency. We will continue to create the optimal system through close cooperation with the field."

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