Concentrated investment in digitalization “Bone policy” due to the spread of corona infection

Concentrated investment in digitalization "Bone policy" due to the spread of corona infection June 22, 17:54

As for this year's "bone policy," the government's Economic and Fiscal Advisory Council presented a skeleton plan that included intensive investment in digitization in response to the spread of the new coronavirus. Prime Minister Abe has instructed to work towards the formulation of next month, aiming to realize a high-quality economic society.

At the Economic and Fiscal Advisory Council held on the 22nd, the outline of the basic policy of economic and financial management and reform, which will be summarized next month, the so-called "bold policy" was presented.

The main idea is to realize the "new daily life" in addition to the immediate economic and financial management based on the spread of new coronavirus infection and the gradual increase of economic activity.

Given that issues such as the delay in the digitization of government and the establishment of an online environment for the spread of telework have been pointed out, intensive investment in digitization and multi-source chain It includes the construction of an economic structure through the transformation of the economy, and the shift from the centralized Tokyo type to a “multi-nuclear nation-building nation”.

In this regard, private legislators have created a mechanism for the country to coordinate the use of hospital beds and medical devices across prefectures in order to increase the flexibility of the medical care provision system, and to create a system that allows the My Number and bank account to be linked. Proposals were made to urgently work on legislation for cooperation.

Prime Minister Abe said, "The policy of Koshino Bone is to face the issues revealed by the expansion of infectious diseases this time from the front, and aim to realize a high quality economic society through "new daily life". We will incorporate the direction of social change," and instructed Nishimura Minister for Economic Recovery to proceed with the formulation work.