The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry's Council meets for the first time on October 16 at 14:43
The government has begun to consider the development of an “industrial technology vision” that defines the technical fields in which Japan will focus on R & D in an effort to nurture important technologies that will lead to next-generation industries such as AI = artificial intelligence .
The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry has established an “Industrial Technology Vision” that will establish intensive research and development fields in the future to foster future industries that will lead Japan in 2025 in the medium term and 2050 in the long term. "Is aimed at formulating.
To that end, a meeting of the council established by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry was held on the 16th, and university professors and business people attended.
At the meeting, the increase in R & D spending over the past 10 years until 2017 was 43% in the US and 299% in China, compared to 16% in Japan, and in Japan, companies and universities It was reported that the ratio of research and development in collaboration with
In response, the council will deepen discussions in the future so that companies and research institutes will focus on research and development in the digital, biotechnology, and energy fields.
In the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, Based on these discussions we decided to determine the specific direction of the "Industrial Science and Technology Vision" to the prospect of the current fiscal year.
With regard to the development of advanced technology, China has formulated an industrial policy called “Chinese Manufacturing 2025”, and the United States has also been active in examining the bill to strengthen the management of advanced technology such as aviation and communications The