The federal government invests 563 billion won within the software industry to nurture 250 corporations with sales of over 100 billion won and 10,000 software-as-a-service (SaaS) corporations. It is usually promoting talent development within the SW field and development of basic technologies.

The Ministry of Science and ICT (Minister Lee Jong-ho) jointly announced the ‘Software Promotion Strategy’ with related ministries on the emergency economic minister meeting on the twenty first.

The aim is to answer environmental changes, including the spread of generative artificial intelligence (AI), which has recently turn into a difficulty, and to strengthen digital basic fitness.

Particularly, it focused on digital-based measures which are difficult to cope with in other fields, akin to fostering key digital talents, developing software-based technologies, and open source ecosystems. He focused on a comprehensive restructuring of the industry in response to changes in the worldwide environment.

The Ministry of Science and ICT divided the software promotion strategy into seven major categories.

Initially, it is going to raise the software competency of all residents and lay the inspiration for nurturing high-level and skilled talents who will lead digital innovation.

The present 51 hours of data subject (SW AI) hours are greater than doubled to 102 hours in 2025, in an all-out response to the demand for information education. As well as, by supporting the event of basic software and AI capabilities for all residents, a universal education system that anyone can enjoy no matter region or income gap is provided.

To this end, strengthen teacher training, develop information textbooks, prepare software/AI online open education platforms, and expand software/AI education-centered leading schools (1291 schools in 2023 → 1990 schools in 2027). As well as, the software future filling center and digital learning center can be expanded.

It is set to expand AI and AI convergence innovation graduate schools from the present 15 to 22 by 2025, and metaverse graduate schools from the present two to 10 by 2026.

As well as, the contract quota system, which was implemented last month, can be applied to software-oriented universities upfront, and the event of ‘Project-X’ to spread the education model of the Innovation Academy can be accomplished inside this yr, and it’s planned to reveal and spread it from next yr.

In response to the spread of generative AI, it is going to also promote high-level super-large AI talent through global joint research and industry-university cooperation from next yr. By 2027, it plans to nurture 200,000 high-level and specialized talents in software and AI.

The second strategy is to expand investment to preemptively secure future technologies akin to hardware-aware software. The goal is to enhance the software technology level by 93% in comparison with leading countries by 2027 (90.9% by 2021).

Initially, we are going to promote hardware-aware software development this yr.

This implies developing software algorithms considering the characteristics and limitations of hardware. Through this, it is feasible to realize low power consumption, optimization, and light-weight weight of hardware.

In an effort to solve the issue of increased power consumption and carbon neutrality amid the explosion of information and computing power worldwide on account of the recent proliferation of generated AI, it’s essential to cut back power consumption and optimize related hardware akin to AI semiconductors.

In an effort to reply to this, ▲ specialized system software development that supports low-power and light-weight AI semiconductors can be promoted from this yr, and ▲ system software development roadmaps for various hardware akin to mobility and autonomous vehicles can be prepared inside this yr.

As well as, strategic software development to enhance the competitiveness of existing industries akin to manufacturing, shipbuilding, marine, and space can also be promoted, and software safety inspection is expanded to secure safety and security from the time of software development.

Third, construct an open source innovation ecosystem based on openness and cooperation.

To revitalize the domestic open source ecosystem, the currently operated ‘open software portal’ can be improved to offer related infrastructure in order that domestic developers and corporations can easily share information and collaborate.

As well as, by expanding the license verification support to pre-check copyright issues which will arise when using open source and by strengthening open source expert training, the participation rate of domestic corporations within the open source ecosystem will increase from 52.9% in 2022 to 2027. It’s planned to extend to 70% per yr.

Fourth, a full-scale restructuring of the domestic software industry can be promoted by full-fledged fostering of software as a service (SaaS).

Initially, customized programs are supported (30.5 billion won in 2023) considering the expansion stage of service-type software corporations.

As well as, a latest project can be promoted to support the event and commercialization of revolutionary service-type software that applies generative AI. That is about developing software as a service that utilizes generative AI in cooperation with software-as-a-service corporations, cloud infrastructure corporations (CSPs), and corporations with generative AI models.

As well as, AI-based digital textbooks, that are scheduled to be introduced in earnest in 2025, may also be supported for development of service-type software that could be utilized by the general public, akin to supporting related projects in order that they could be developed as service-type software.

The direct purchase system for service-type software can also be newly introduced this yr, and the inspiration for the spread of service-type software, akin to support for policy finance, is planned to meet the goal of nurturing 10,000 domestic service-type software corporations by 2026 announced within the digital platform government realization plan. .

Fifth, we are going to strive to nurture software corporations that aim for the worldwide market.

It plans to nurture greater than 250 club corporations with software sales of 100 billion won from 145 in 2021 to 2027 by fostering small but strong software corporations that aim for the worldwide market, exporting flyers, and preparing a support system to advertise overseas expansion.

The ‘Software Frontier Project’, which supports the step-by-step scale-up of promising corporations, can be newly promoted from next yr, and a shear-type export support project by which representative corporations within the industry and small and medium-sized corporations in software form a customized consortium together to enter overseas markets can be promoted from next yr.

As well as, the ‘ASEAN-Korea Digital School’ for fostering overseas local manpower can be expanded to Vietnam, Singapore, Indonesia, and Cambodia next yr, and a support system can be established to advertise overseas expansion, akin to promoting domestic software corporations in reference to the worldwide metabus platform. plan.

Sixth, improve the system to strengthen the worth guarantee of software.

In keeping with the strengthened ‘Software Impact Assessment System’, the revision of sub-statutes can be accomplished within the second half of this yr, and leading cases can be actively discovered to expand the private investment-type software business.

As well as, the software business unit will strengthen the worth guarantee system of software through revisions, etc., and the related ministries will jointly promote the operation of a public-private joint research forum.

Lastly, we’re promoting a culture where anyone can experience and use software.

It can expand software programs that students and residents can take part in and tackle challenges, akin to an internet coding party attended by 2.4 million people a yr last yr, and perform various software campaign activities.

Through this, it plans to assist people familiarize themselves with software of their every day lives and help individuals improve their coding experience rate from 10.3% in 2021 to 30% in 2027.

Minister of Science and ICT Lee Jong-ho said, “Software is the idea for driving innovation and growth of latest digital technologies, so it’s most significant to strengthen the essential physical strength. We’ll ensure that that we are able to construct the inspiration for an awesome breakthrough as a nation.”

Reporter Lim Dae-jun ydj@aitimes.com